Purpose of the flight and payload description
Details of the balloon flight
Balloon launched on: 2/15/2001 at 22:20
Launch site: Meteorological Research Institute, Baurú, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Balloon launched by: Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
Balloon manufacturer/size/composition: Montgolfier Infrared
Balloon serial number: MIR Nº 20
End of flight (L for landing time, W for last contact, otherwise termination time): 4/27/2001 at 23:50
Balloon flight duration (F: time at float only, otherwise total flight time in d:days / h:hours or m:minutes - ): 71 d
Landing site: Payload lost.
Payload weight: 56,8 kgs
Gondola weight: 46 kgs
Lost contact over Pacific Ocean.
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