After some training performed at the Aire Sur L'Adour centre CNES is ready to test in flight for the first time the BALMAN steerable balloon.

The test will ake place at the Centre Spatial Guyanaise in French Guiana between Oct. 30 and Nov. 15.

https://centrespatialguyanais.cnes.fr/fr/campagne-balman-au-csg

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Campagne BalMan au CSG

Dans le cadre de la campagne BalMan, un ballon stratosphérique décollera de nuit, depuis le Port spatial de l'Europe, durant la période du 30 octobre au 15 novembre prochain. Gros plan.

Centre Spatial Guyanais

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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