Fairbrother et al present a year in review of the expansion of balloon systems' mission capabilities. A 532,200-cubic-meter superpressure balloon launched in July in New Zealand carried the NASA-supported Compton Spectrometer and Imager gamma ray telescope for 46 days at approximately 110,000-feet altitude before being terminated on command in Peru. Another balloon, launched in January was NASA's latest launch of a long-duration balloon in Antarctica. In June, NASA re-established the Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility in Palestine, Texas, as a launch site with a balloon-borne imaging telescope mission. This campaign expands night-time heavy-lift flight opportunities.


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    Title :

    Expanding reach, capabilities of balloon systems



    Published in:

    Aerospace America ; 54 , 11 ; 29


    Publication date :

    2016



    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English



    Classification :

    BKL:    55.88 Luftverkehr, Raumfahrt / 55.88
    Local classification TIB:    770/7040



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