The present disclosure provides a balloon system for mitigating solar radiation. The balloon system reflects solar radiation away from the earth. The balloon system includes at least one balloon having an outer surface for reflecting solar radiation. An orbital launching system launches the balloon to a set orbital location at which the balloon can orbit around earth in a path of solar radiation from the sun toward earth. At the set orbital location, the earth's gravitational force and solar pressure imparted on the balloon counterbalance the sun's gravitational force on the balloon. The set orbital location is spaced apart from a Lagrange stability point L1 in a direction toward the sun and away from the earth.


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    Titel :

    Balloon System for Reflecting Solar Radiation


    Beteiligte:
    SOLOMEY NICK (Autor:in) / REYNOLDS NATHANIEL (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    06.10.2022


    Medientyp :

    Patent


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Klassifikation :

    IPC:    B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS / B64B LIGHTER-THAN-AIR AIRCRAFT , Luftfahrzeuge leichter als Luft / G02B Optische Elemente, Systeme oder Geräte , OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS / A01G Gartenbau , HORTICULTURE / G01W METEOROLOGY , Meteorologie



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