BICE (Balloon-borne Infrared Carbon Explorer)

Balloon launched on: 5/25/1991 at 2:32 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 N40I-8/8T-11.62
Balloon serial number: R11.62-1-115
Flight identification number: 1499P
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 5/25/1991 at 17:04 utc
Balloon flight duration (F: time at float only, otherwise total flight time in d:days / h:hours or m:minutes - ): F 12 h 9 m
Landing site: 14 miles NW of Big Spring, Texas, US

• A joint program with Japanese investigators to map carbon 2 line emission from the galaxy A joint program with Japanese investigators to map carbon 2 line emission from the galaxy
• Balloon mounted infrared telescope BICE Tianwen Monthly Report May 1995, Pag 222 (In Japanese)
• Balloon-Borne Far-Infrared Spectroscopy in Astronomical Infrared Spectroscopy. Future Observational Directions. Conference held at the University of Calgary; Alberta; June 16-19; 1992, p. 373
• Far-Infrared [C II] Line Survey Observations of the Galactic Plane THE ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT SERIES, 115:259-269, 1998
• NASA Balloon Flights (1989-1998) in NASA Historical Data Book, Vol. VII: NASA Launch Systems, Space Transportation, Human Spaceflight, and Space Science, 1989-1998