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English: A transosonde ready for launch, taken by the United States Navy. Transosondes were meant to be constant altitude weather balloons which stayed aloft for long periods of time to track trajectories which could be helpful for nuclear fallout. They were experimented with in 1958. |
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| Source | Weather Bureau Topics publication, February 1958, pg. 41 url:http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/wb_topicsandpersonnel/1958.pdf |
| Author | United States Navy |
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| current | 01:26, 22 April 2012 | | 482 × 645 (309 KB) | Thegreatdr |
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