The "C" - launch technique for high-altitude balloons
By: Francis X. Doherty, Chester G.R. Czepyha, Robert J. Reddy
Contributors: Czepyha, Chester G. R.; Reddy, Robert J.; Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories (U.S.)
Series: Instrumentation papers -- no. 136
Publisher: United States Air Force, Office of Aerospace Research, Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories, Aerospace Instrumentation Laboratory
Published: 1967
Place of publication: L.G. Hanscom Field, Bedford, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 11
Subjects: Sounding Balloons
Description: During the period from 1961 through 1965, the Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories developed the technique for launching high altitude plastic balloons directly from the manufacturer's shipping crate. This technique was primarily designed to facilitate the handling, inflation, and launch of large balloons from small ships at sea. The paper describes the new launch procedure and the specialized equipment designed to support it. (Author).
Notes: "AFCRL-67-0672."

"December 1967."

"Aerospace Instrumentation Laboratory Project 5710."

"This research was sponsored by the Defense Atomic Support Agency."