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| launch site = Laird Park, Modesto, CA | | launch site = Laird Park, Modesto, CA | ||
| launch coordinates = 37.56158, -121.14993 | | launch coordinates = 37.56158, -121.14993 | ||
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| + | SSI-41 was the 41st launch of SSI Balloons, and the first flight demonstration of Version 5.1 of [[Valve-Ballast_Altitude_Control|ValBal]]. SSI-41 surpassed the previous world record for latex balloon flight, passing the 57 hour, 2 minute mark on June 17, 106, 20:20 UTC (13:20 PDT). The balloon ultimately landed in the northern Atlantic Ocean, setting a record final flight time of 70 hours, 10 minutes. | ||
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| − | [[Category: High Altitude Balloons]][[Category: Balloon Launches]] | + | [[Category: High Altitude Balloons]][[Category: Balloon Launches]][[Category: ValBal Launches|41]] |
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| Launch date | June 15, 2016, 04:18 PDT | |||
| Launch site | Laird Park, Modesto, CA | |||
| Launch coordinates | 37.56158, -121.14993 | |||
| Flight duration | 70 hrs, 10 minutes | |||
| Landing coordinates | 40.15238, -68.5162 | |||
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SSI-41 was the 41st launch of SSI Balloons, and the first flight demonstration of Version 5.1 of ValBal. SSI-41 surpassed the previous world record for latex balloon flight, passing the 57 hour, 2 minute mark on June 17, 106, 20:20 UTC (13:20 PDT). The balloon ultimately landed in the northern Atlantic Ocean, setting a record final flight time of 70 hours, 10 minutes.
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| Balloon Launches | |
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| 2014-15 | SSI-19 • 20 • 21 • 22 |
| 2015-16 | SSI-23(a) • 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 |
| 2016-17 | 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 • 51 • 52 |
| 2017-18 | |
| 2018-19 | 83 • 86 • 87 • 90 • 91 |
| 2019-20 | 92 • 93 • 97 |
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