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The BALMAN mission was successfully performed today. At 4:00 UTC, the balloon was launched from the observation point "Colibri" near the Ariane 6 launch pad of the Centre Spatial Guyanaise in Kourou.

After reaching an altitude of 17.8 km the mission was terminated and the balloon impacted in the Atlantic Ocean, 42 km NE of Kourou.

The total flight time was 3 hours.

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World Balloon News #23
December 5th, 2023

NASA balloon campaign in Antarctica • First image of SuperBIT telescope landing in Argentina • Aerostar balloon activity of the month • Flight of SCEYE stratospheric airship • HEMERIA's BalMan steerable balloon operational by 2026 • News in brief • New contents in StratoCat

https://stratocat.substack.com/p/world-balloon-news-23

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