@cnes launched today from ESRANGE the third and last balloon mission of the TRANSAT 2024 launch campaign.
Mission ATMOSFER is carrying 12 scientific experiments mainly devoted to atmospheric sciences.
The balloon was launched at 23:02 UTC and at the moment is still flying at 30 km moving westbound at seven miles an hour.
Current position is 17 nautic miles NW of the city of Kiruna.
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Live tracking of the balloon -at least in its initial phase- available at:
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=390877
or
https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/FGCDX
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Video footage of the launch operations for SAPHERALLER mission, the first balloon launched by CNES as part of the TRANSAT 2024 campaign being carries out by the French Agency at the ESRANGE balloon base in Sweden
Credit: Swedish Space Corporation
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