Purpose of the flight and payload description
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Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 7/25/1983
Launch site: Roswell Industrial Air Center, New Mexico, US
Balloon launched by: Air Force Geophysics Laboratory (AFGL)
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon Raven - SV-017B - 5.140.000 cuft
Flight identification number: H83-16
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 7/25/1983
Landing site: Over White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, US, USA
Payload weight: 3512 lbs
Postal cover issued on launch day commemorating the flight
External references
- AFGL Balloon History since 7/7/1982 in Operational climatology for research ballooning in south central New Mexico (1988)
- Galileo test launch appears successful The Santa Fe New Mexican, Tuesday, July 26, 1983, Pag. 34
Images of the mission
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