CORONASCOPE II

Developed by High Altitude Observatory - University of Colorado

Balloon launched on 6/3/1965, from Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility, Palestine, Texas, US

Purpose of the flight and payload description

Coronagraph wich creates artificial eclipses of the sun to study the corona.

Details of the balloon flight

Balloon launched on: 6/3/1965 at 5:42 cst
Launch site: Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility, Palestine, Texas, US  
Balloon launched by: National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Zero Pressure Balloon Schjeldahl - 3.180.000 cuft (GT-11)
Flight identification number: 130P
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 6/3/1965
Balloon flight duration (F: time at float only, otherwise total flight time in d:days / h:hours or m:minutes - ): 10 h 30 m
Landing site: 14 Miles N of Sweetwater, Texas, US
 Payload weight: 1705 lbs

External references

Images of the mission

The balloon carriying the instrument at 7000 ft over Palestine, Texas (Image: UCAR / Dean Conger (National Geographic Magazine) The landing site near Sweetwater. Dragged across the contoured filed by the parachute it plowed a bold furrow (Image: UCAR / Dean Conger (National Geographic Magazine)      

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