SuperTIGER-2 2018 Flight Payload Recovery and Preliminary Instrument Assessment

• Main Authors: Rauch, B. F., Labrador, A. W., Mewaldt, R. A., Stone, E. C.
• Format: Book Part
• Language: unknown
• Published: SISSA 2019
• Subjects: Antarctic; McMurdo Station; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://authors.library.caltech.edu/98062/; https://authors.library.caltech.edu/98062/1/ICRC2019_131.pdf; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20190821-082409473

The SuperTIGER (Trans-Iron Galactic Element Recorder) experiment was launched for the second time from the Long Duration Balloon (LDB) site near McMurdo Station, Antarctica on December 20, 2018 at 1:36 AM NZDT. The balloon reached a peak altitude of ∼79,300 ft before it began to descend, and the fli...