Author : Robert S. Kubara,Bertram Stiller
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Balloons, Sounding
ISBN : PSU:000017600460
Ballooning Support for Cosmic-ray Experiments by Robert S. Kubara,Bertram Stiller Pdf
The National Center for Atmospheric Research organized and provided program management for a balloon expedition to study cosmic rays in the vicinity of the equator during the International Quiet Sun Year (IQSY). A joint United States - India activity, the program was conducted in Hyderabad, India during the late winter and early spring of 1965. A total of 17 flights were scheduled during the period 6 March to 9 April, 1965. Of these, 13 were successful, three were ground failures, and one balloon burst during ascent. The heaviest payload flown weighed 2858 lb. All scientific packages scheduled were successfully flown and recovered. (Author).