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Italian Space Agency: "DUSTER" experiment accomplished

Rome, Italy - ASI consolidates scientific payload access to stratospheric altitudes

The "DUSTER" experiment has accomplished its task, reaching the stratosphere and collecting samples of high scientific interest. A Stratospheric Balloon with the "DUSTER" experiment onboard was successfully launched on June 21st from the civilian Airport of Longyearbyen, a few hundred miles from the North Pole, on the Svalbard island. "DUSTER" was due to probe the presence of sub-micron particles...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1091638
Rome, Italy, 06/27/2008 18:41
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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