Purpose of the flight and payload description

Space biology experience

Details of the balloon flight

Balloon launched on: 7/2/1986
Launch site: Base di Lancio Luigi Broglio, Trapani, Sicily, Italy  
Balloon launched by: Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI) / Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon model 402z Zodiac - 402.000 m3
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 7/3/1986
Balloon flight duration (F: time at float only, otherwise total flight time in d:days / h:hours or m:minutes - ): 20 h 38 m
Campaign: ODISSEA 86  
Payload weight: 1000 kgs
Overall weight: 1676 kg

Transmediterranean Flight

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