GRIP-2 (Gamma-Ray Imaging Payload)

A coded aperture telescope designed for imaging observations of galactic and extra-galactic gamma-ray sources. Several observations of sources in the galactic plane and center.

Balloon launched on: 10/6/1995 at 22:24 utc
Launch site: Australian Balloon Launching Station, Alice Springs, Australia  
Balloon launched by: National Scientific Balloon Facility (NSBF)
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon N17E-8/8/8T-39.00
Balloon serial number: R39.00-2-105
Flight identification number: 405N
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 10/10/1995 at 7:37 utc
Balloon flight duration (F: time at float only, otherwise total flight time in d:days / h:hours or m:minutes - ): 34 h
Landing site: 140 miles NW of Boulia, Queensland, Australia
Payload weight: 4959 lbs

• GRIP website Space Radiation Laboratory - California Institute of Technology
• GRIP-2: A sensitive balloon-borne imaging gamma-ray telescope Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Vol. 384, Issues 2-3, 1 January 1997, Pages 425-434
• NASA Balloon Flights (1989-1998) in NASA Historical Data Book, Vol. VII: NASA Launch Systems, Space Transportation, Human Spaceflight, and Space Science, 1989-1998
• The Fall 1995 Australian campaign Head Newsletter No. 68 May 1996