Purpose of the flight and payload description
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Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 10/31/1982 at 11:53 utc
Launch site: Uberaba Airport, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Balloon launched by: National Scientific Balloon Facility (NSBF)
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon Winzen 34.300.000 cuft (0.7 Mils - Caps 3x0.8 Mils - Stratofilm)
Balloon serial number: W34.31-2-02
Flight identification number: 193N
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 10/31/1982 at 18:58 utc
Balloon flight duration (F: time at float only, otherwise total flight time in d:days / h:hours or m:minutes - ): 10 h 40 m
Landing site: In Martinópolis, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Campaign: SOHEM
Payload weight: 1500 kgs
External references
- CEN A observation at MeV-energies NASA. Goddard Space Flight Center 19th Intern. Cosmic Ray Conf., Vol. 1 p 273-276
- Centaurus A observation at MeV-gamma-ray energies Astrophysical Journal, Part 1, vol. 312, Jan. 1, 1987, p. 134-142
- Map of the Galactic center region in the 1.8 MeV Al-26 gamma-ray line Astrophysical Journal, Part 1, vol. 318, July 15, 1987, p. 654-663
- MeV Gamma Ray Observational Constraints on the Galactic Center Region The Center of the Galaxy: Proceedings of the 136th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union, held in Los Angeles, U.S.A., July 25-29, 1988. p.617
- No Link Flight Summary of balloons made of Stratofilm - 1981 to 1983, Technical report, Winzen Research International. Circa 1984 - Stratocat's private collection
- On the extent of the 26Al gamma ray line source in the galactic center region 20th International Cosmic Ray Conference, Vol. 1, p. 140 - 143
- Pesquisas realizadas em 1982 a bordo de baloes Revista Espacial Año 11 Nº 48 - Enero 1983
- Search for gamma-ray continuum emission at MeV energies from the Galactic center region Astrophysical Journal, Part 1, vol. 335, Dec. 15, 1988, p. 748-752
- Study of the gamma ray continuum at MeV-energies from the galactic center region 20th International Cosmic Ray Conference, Vol. 1, p. 109 - 112
- Upper Limits to Gamma Ray Line Emission from the Galactic Center Region 20th International Cosmic Ray Conference Moscow, Volume 1, p.144
Images of the mission
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