This mission was a technological flight aimed to test a one-tenth scale replica of the VOYAGER capsule being developed by World View to offer in the near future turistical manned flights to the stratosphere.
Balloon launched on: 10/24/2015 at 7:17 local
Launch site: Page Airport, Arizona, US
Balloon launched by: World View Enterprises
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon 14.000.000 cuft
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 10/24/2015
Balloon flight duration (F: time at float only, otherwise total flight time in d:days / h:hours or m:minutes - ): ~ 4 h
The model (nicknamed "Vanguard") was taken by a high-altitude balloon measuring 14.000.000 cuft of volume launched from Page, Arizona to a height of 100,475 ft (30,624 m), after an ascent phase of near two hours. Then it floated at that altitude a little over an hour before being dettached from the balloon and completing a successful landing under a parafoil.
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