HIREGS III (HIgh REsolution Gamma-ray and hard x-ray Spectrometer)

Sitio de lanzamiento: Williams Field, Estación McMurdo, Antartida  
Dia y hora de lanzamiento: 8/1/1995 3:38 utc
Lanzamiento y operación del globo a cargo de: National Scientific Balloon Facility (NSBF)
Tipo de globo/fabricante/volumen/composicion: Globo de Presión Cero Winzen 29.470.000 cuft - SF3-424.37-080-NSC-X-ST
Nº de serie del globo: W29.47-2X-10
Nº de vuelo: 392NT
Dia y hora de fin del vuelo (L para hora de aterrizaje, W ultimo contacto conocido, resto hora de separacion): 31/1/1995 2:32 utc
Duración del vuelo (F: tiempo a flotacion, resto tiempo total de vuelo en d:dias / h:horas / m:minutos): 24 d
Sitio de aterrizaje o ultima posición conocida: 400 kilometros al sureste del sitio original de lanzamiento.
Peso carga útil: 3340 lbs
Peso Total: 4750 lbs

• HIREGS website Space Physics Research Group - University of California, Berkeley
• A high resolution gamma-ray and hard x-ray spectrometer (HIREGS) for long duration balloon flights Advances in Space Research, Volume 21, Issue 7, p. 1015-1018
• A high-resolution gamma-ray and hard X-ray spectrometer for solar flare observations in Max 1991 Max 1991: Flare Research at the Next Solar Maximum. Workshop 1: Scientific Objectives; p 262-278
• Diffuse Galactic Soft Gamma-Ray Emission The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 544, Issue 1, pp. 320
• Gamma-ray spectroscopy: Galactic center observations and germanium detector development Thesis (PHD) by Steven E. Boggs, UCB, Source DAI-B 59/08, p. 4171, Feb 1999, 160 pages
• HIREGS January 1995 Long Duration Balloon Flight from Antarctica HEAD Newsletter No. 66 May 1995
• HIREGS Observations of the Galactic Centre and Galactic Plane: Separation of the Diffuse Galactic Hard X-Ray Continuum from the Point Source Spectra The Transparent Universe, Proceedings of the 2nd INTEGRAL Workshop held 16-20 September 1996, St. Malo, France
• NASA Balloon Flights (1989-1998) in NASA Historical Data Book, Vol. VII: NASA Launch Systems, Space Transportation, Human Spaceflight, and Space Science, 1989-1998