Purpose of the flight and payload description
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Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 9/2/1994 at 13:32 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 N17E-8/8/8T-39.00
Balloon serial number: R39.00-2-101
Flight identification number: 1538P
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 9/2/1994 at 14:23 utc
Landing site: Balloon failure. Impact 14 miles SE of Palestine, Texas, US
External references
- Implementation of techniques for background reduction in low-energy gamma ray telescopes Master's Thesis by Michael Jamieson Moss, Rice University, 1995
- NASA Balloon Flights (1989-1998) in NASA Historical Data Book, Vol. VII: NASA Launch Systems, Space Transportation, Human Spaceflight, and Space Science, 1989-1998
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