XMPC (Xenon filled Multi-anode Proportional Counter telescope)

Sitio de lanzamiento: TIFR National Balloon Facility, Hyderabad, India  
Dia y hora de lanzamiento: 17/4/1985 18:30 utc
Lanzamiento y operación del globo a cargo de: National Balloon Facility, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
Tipo de globo/fabricante/volumen/composicion: Globo de Presión Cero Winzen Stratofilm (tow+main) 242.400 m3
Nº de vuelo: 381
Dia y hora de fin del vuelo (L para hora de aterrizaje, W ultimo contacto conocido, resto hora de separacion): 17/4/1985 ??
Duración del vuelo (F: tiempo a flotacion, resto tiempo total de vuelo en d:dias / h:horas / m:minutos): 4 h 45 m
Peso carga útil: 635 kgs
Peso Total: 1.111 kgs

Vuelo exitoso

• Balloon Flight Report 1969 -2003 TIFR website (via Archive.Org)
• Balloon-borne observations using a large area xenon detector telescope above 20 keV Advances in Space Research, vol. 14, no. 2, p. (2)109
• Fabrication and flight performance of a large area balloon borne hard X-ray telescope Advances in Space Research, vol. 7, no. 7, 1987, p. 129
• Hard X-ray astronomy using high sensitivity balloon-borne telescope Indian Journal of Radio and Space Physics, vol. 20, June-Aug. 1991, p. 252
• Hard X-Ray Observation of Galactic X-Ray Sources 20th International Cosmic Ray Conference Moscow, 1987, Volume 1, p.99
• Hard X-ray spectra of some X-ray binaries from balloon-borne observations Astronomical Society of India, Bulletin, vol. 21, no. 3-4, p. 555
• Hard X-ray spectrum of 4U 1907 + 09 Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 268, no. 2, p. 609
• Hard X-ray studies of some X-ray binaries Bulletin of the Astronomical Society of India, Vol. 23, p. 467 (1995)
• Hard X-ray studies with a balloon-borne large area xenon detector telescope Advances in Space Research, vol. 13, no. 2, p. 197
• X-Ray Observations of the Binary Pulsar 4U:1907+09 Bulletin of the Astronomical Society of India V.15:1, P. 36, 1987