LDBV (Long Duration Balloon Vehicle) - Flight Test # 1

Balloon launched on: 8/16/1990 at 12:54 utc
Launch site: Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility, Palestine, Texas, US  
Balloon launched by: National Scientific Balloon Facility (NSBF)
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon N16-8T-2.038
Balloon serial number: R2.038-0-101
Flight identification number: 1493PT
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 8/16/1990 at 17:42 utc
Balloon flight duration (F: time at float only, otherwise total flight time in d:days / h:hours or m:minutes - ): F 2 h 42 m
Landing site: 26 miles W of Brownwood, Texas, US

• Developments in long duration balloon vehicles using pressurized balloon systems 32nd Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, 1994
• NASA Balloon Flights (1989-1998) in NASA Historical Data Book, Vol. VII: NASA Launch Systems, Space Transportation, Human Spaceflight, and Space Science, 1989-1998
• Overpressurized zero pressure balloon system International Balloon Technology Conference, 1991
• The Long Duration Balloon Vehicle (LDBV) flight system development 34th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, 1996