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TRACER had a successful 14 day Antarctic flight in 2003,
traversing some 5,000 miles around the South Pole at an average
elevation of 125,000 ft. TRACER sampled over 50 Million
heavy Cosmic Rays during the 2003 flight (Carbon through Iron). Results from this flight are
available on our results page and have been presented at conferences including the 2005 APS, ICRC and TRD workshop.
The ground track of the balloon is available here or on the offical NASA/NSBF page.
TRACER launched from the Ross Ice Shelf, near McMurdo
Station, on a 39 million cubic foot balloon on Friday 12th
December 19:09 local time (6:09 GMT) and was terminated on the
eastern Polar Plateau on Saturday 27th December 03:40 local
time(14:40 GMT).
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Antarctic LDB Mission 2003
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