Purpose of the flight and payload description

The MAGALT project was a small balloon launch performed at ESRANGE just before the COVID-19 pandemic started. The experiment measured the magnetic field during the balloon ascent using a student-constructed magnetometer measuring at different altitudes. MAGALT was developed by two high-school students from Spyken in Lund, south of Sweden.

Details of the balloon flight

Balloon launched on: 2/19/2020 at 8:36 utc
Launch site: European Space Range, Kiruna, Sweden  
Balloon launched by: Swedish Space Corporation (SSC)
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Weather Balloon  
Flight identification number: SSC Flt Nº 649
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 2/19/2020

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