BLIMP (Balloon Launched INTEGRAL Model Payload)

Balloon launched on: 10/27/1993 at 13:38 utc
Launch site: Scientific Flight Balloon Facility, Fort Sumner, (NM), US  
Balloon launched by: National Scientific Balloon Facility (NSBF)
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon SF3-317.60-080-NSCHR-ST
Balloon serial number: W11.82-1-12
Flight identification number: 373N
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 10/27/1993 at 17:04 utc
Landing site: 3 miles NE of Gotebo, Oklahoma, US

• Annual Reports of Astronomical Observatories and Departments: Rice University, William Marsh, Department of Space Physics and Astronomy Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 27, p.554
• NASA Balloon Flights (1989-1998) in NASA Historical Data Book, Vol. VII: NASA Launch Systems, Space Transportation, Human Spaceflight, and Space Science, 1989-1998
• On-board electronics for BLIMP: a balloon-borne prototype for the INTEGRAL satellite IEEE Conference on Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging, 1992, pp. 652-653 vol.1
• On-board electronics for BLIMP: a balloon-borne prototype for the INTEGRAL satellite IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol. 40, no. 4, pp. 909-912, Aug. 1993
• The INTEGRAL mission Memorie della Società Astronomia Italiana, Vol. 64, p.713