摘要 |
An apparatus for launching a meteorological balloon together with a radar target of the type having a primary reflecting panel and a cross-shaped configuration of secondary reflecting panels projecting at right angles thereto, the apparatus including: i) a launch platform configured to support the radar target such that the primary panel extends substantially horizontally and the secondary panels extend downward from the primary panel; and ii) a filling nozzle for admitting gas to the balloon, the nozzle being movable between an upper filling position, in which it projects through a hole in the primary panel of the radar target, and a lower release position, in which it is withdrawn from said hole.
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