A demonstration flight of the Global Atmosphere-ocean IN-situ System Prototype III balloon occurred on 21 and 22 June 2002. The 18-m diameter PIII superpressure balloon carried a 147-kg payload and floated above 15 km for 10 h. This paper discusses the performance of the balloon's systems over the 15.5-h flight. (C) 2004 COSPAR. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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