Purpose of the flight and payload description

 

Details of the balloon flight

Balloon launched on: 9/20/1973
Launch site: Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility, Palestine, Texas, US  
Balloon launched by: National Scientific Balloon Facility (NSBF)
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon Raven - 42.951 m3 (25.40 microns X-124)
Flight identification number: 778P
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): ??/??/1973
Balloon flight duration (F: time at float only, otherwise total flight time in d:days / h:hours or m:minutes - ): F 10 h 45 m
Payload weight: 415 kgs

Twelve localized objects were found during the flight. About half the sky was scanned, and no well known infrared sources were located. Using this to place a lower limit on the minimum detectable power, the scientific team estimated that the objects that were seen, had fluxes (at Earth) 3x10(-12) W/cm2. Each of the objects was seen more than once, at the same celestial coordinates, thus eliminating the chance that these signals were simply noise in the system.

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