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There is no data available yet about the payload flown. Below there is a link to the only known reference.

Balloon launched on: 2/18/1983
Launch site: Holloman Air Force Base, Alamogordo, New Mexico, US  
Balloon launched by: Air Force Geophysics Laboratory (AFGL)
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon Winzen LVT-007 - 2.010.000 cuft (1.0 mils - Stratofilm)
Balloon serial number: 172.4-1.0-NSR SN:89
Flight identification number: H83-05
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 2/18/1983
Balloon flight duration (F: time at float only, otherwise total flight time in d:days / h:hours or m:minutes - ): 5 h
Landing site: 43 miles NE of New Bern, North Carolina, US
Payload weight: 977 lbs

• AFGL Balloon History since 7/7/1982 in Operational climatology for research ballooning in south central New Mexico (1988)
• Flight Summary of balloons made of Stratofilm - 1981 to 1983, Technical report, Winzen Research International. Circa 1984 - Stratocat's private collection
• Summary of Balloon Flights launched from H.A.F.B. NM (1962 thru 1987) U.S. Gov. National Archives