JOINT INDO-UNITED STATES BALLOON FLIGHT PROGRAM 1961,

Abstract

The Joint Indo-U.S. Balloon Flight Program was conducted at Hyderabad, India, from February through April, 1961. A complete report of all phases of this international, cooperative effort is presented, including the details of the balloon flight operations, the preliminary scientific results achieved, and an evaluation of the over-all accomplishments of the program. In additiono the contribution of heretofore un available data on the equatorial stratosphere, the operational success of the program demon strated the feasibility of performing recoverable high-altitude balloon flights in the tropical latitudes. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1962
Accession Number
AD0411564

Entities

People

  • Charles W. Chagnon

Organizations

  • Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Altitude
  • Grids
  • High Altitude
  • Latitude
  • Stratosphere
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

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Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites