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Launch from Palestine (TX) of the #BIRAP Infrared Telescope developed at the University of #Groningen, Netherlands. Circa 1978.
BIRAP used a 60 cm. Cassegrain-type telescope mounted on a stabilized platform developed by Ball Brothers.
At the time, BIRAP's scientists had the tradition of nicknaming every #balloon flight to the -at that time- secretary of the Department of Space Research.
Hence, some flights carried in the gondola tubing names such as GRETHA 5 or LAURA 1
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Launch from Palestine (TX) of the #BIRAP Infrared Telescope developed at the University of #Groningen, Netherlands. Circa 1978.
BIRAP used a 60 cm. Cassegrain-type telescope mounted on a stabilized platform developed by Ball Brothers.
At the time, BIRAP's scientists had the tradition of nicknaming every #balloon flight to the -at that time- secretary of the Department of Space Research.
Hence, some flights carried in the gondola tubing names such as GRETHA 5 or LAURA 1