BIRBA (Biological Radiation on Balloon)

An experience with a series of experiments on biology (vegetal, animal and celullar) to measure the impact of cosmic radiation.

Balloon launched on: 7/10/2000 at 06:16
Launch site: Base di Lancio Luigi Broglio, Trapani, Sicily, Italy  
Balloon launched by: Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI)
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon  
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 7/11/2001 at 05:15
Balloon flight duration (F: time at float only, otherwise total flight time in d:days / h:hours or m:minutes - ): ~23 h
Landing site: In Spain

Transmediterranean flight

• Hardware, integration & support for the ASI BIRBA balloon campaigns since year 2000 Memorie della Societa Astronomica Italiana, v.79, p.962 (2008)
• Transmediterranean flights, in the edge of two centuries Advances in Space Research Volume 33, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1594-1599