AbstractA demonstration flight of the Global Atmosphere-ocean IN-situ System Prototype III balloon occurred on 21 and 22 June 2002. The 18-m diameter PIII superpressure balloon carried a 147-kg payload and floated above 15 km for 10 h. This paper discusses the performance of the balloon’s systems over the 15.5-h flight.


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    Title :

    Results of the recent GAINS flight test


    Contributors:
    Girz, C.M.I.R (author) / MacDonald, A.E (author) / Anderson, R.L (author) / Lachenmeier, T (author) / Jamison, B.D (author) / Collander, R.S (author) / Chadwick, R.B (author) / Moody, R.A (author) / Cooper, J (author) / Ganoe, G (author)

    Published in:

    Advances in Space Research ; 33 , 10 ; 1642-1647


    Publication date :

    2003-06-02


    Size :

    6 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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