Purpose of the flight and payload description
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Video footage of preparatives and launch operations
Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 11/28/2020
Launch site: Empire, Nevada, US
Balloon launched by: Night Crew Labs, LLC
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 11/28/2020
Balloon flight duration (F: time at float only, otherwise total flight time in d:days / h:hours or m:minutes - ): 12 h
Landing site: In southern Utah, US
External references
- GNSS Radio Occultation on Aerial Platforms with Commercial Off-The-Shelf Receivers arXiv
- GNSS Radio Occultation Soundings from Commercial Off-the-Shelf Receivers Onboard Balloon Platforms Atmos. Meas. Tech. Discuss. In Review, 2022
- NOAA: Improving Weather Forecasting Night Crew Labs website
Images of the mission
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