Purpose of the flight and payload description
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Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 9/28/1998 at 16:21 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 800.000 m3 - SF3-29.47-.8/.8/.8-NH-TP
Balloon serial number: W29.47-2X-40
Flight identification number: 460N
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 9/28/1998 at 23:28 utc
Landing site: 5 miles SW of Channing, Texas, US
External references
- TOP HAT website NASA - Goddard Space Flight Center
- 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 MSAM/TopHat Program of Anisotropy Measurements Astrophysical Letters and Communications, Vol. 32, p.273
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