MSAM-1 (Medium-Scale Anisotropy Measurement)

Sitio de lanzamiento: Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility, Palestine, Texas, EEUU  
Dia y hora de lanzamiento: 5/6/1992 00:59 utc
Lanzamiento y operación del globo a cargo de: National Scientific Balloon Facility (NSBF)
Tipo de globo/fabricante/volumen/composicion: Globo de Presión Cero SF3-480.10-080-NSCH-04-ST
Nº de serie del globo: W39.96-3-11
Nº de vuelo: 1510P
Dia y hora de fin del vuelo (L para hora de aterrizaje, W ultimo contacto conocido, resto hora de separacion): 5/6/1992 12:32 utc
Duración del vuelo (F: tiempo a flotacion, resto tiempo total de vuelo en d:dias / h:horas / m:minutos): F 6 h 39 m
Sitio de aterrizaje o ultima posición conocida: 30 millas al N de Brownwood, Texas, EEUU

• MSAM website (Archived) NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
• A Balloon-borne Millimeter-Wave Telescope for Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropy Measurements Astrophysical Journal v.470, p.63
• A Measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation (CMBR) Anisotropy at the Half Degree Angular Scale Thesis by Inman, Casey Ann (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Physics, 1996
• A measurement of the medium-scale anisotropy in the cosmic microwave background radiation Astrophysical Journal, Part 2 - Letters vol. 422, no. 2, p. L37-L40
• Measuring cosmic microwave background radiation anisotropy on medium angular scales Thesis by Puchalla, Jason Lee (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Physics, 1995
• Mysterious Radiation Sources Add to Riddle of Early Universe Goddard News Vol. 40 Nº 8, August 1993, p. 4
• NASA Balloon Flights (1989-1998) in NASA Historical Data Book, Vol. VII: NASA Launch Systems, Space Transportation, Human Spaceflight, and Space Science, 1989-1998
• Preliminary Results from the Goddard-Mit Medium-Scale Anisotropy Experiment Proceedings of an International Symposium; held in Milano; Italy; 21-25 September 1992; p.497
• The MSAM/TopHat Program of Anisotropy Measurements Astrophysical Letters and Communications, Vol. 32, p.273