The First Large Balloon Launch from Antarctica

This collection of five papers discusses the many practical problems, logistics, metrological planning, flight history and recovery operations for the first very large (11.6M cu ft) stratospheric balloon launched from Antarctica. The on-board Gamma Ray Advanced Detector (GRAD) was flown successfully...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ground, John, Dallas, Kenneth, Cowie, Ralph, Thorn, Willard F.
Other Authors: AIR FORCE GEOPHYSICS LAB HANSCOM AFB MA
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1988
Subjects:
Pilotless Aircraft
*BALLOONS
*LAUNCHING
PAYLOAD
INTEGRATION
FLIGHT
NOVAE
LOGISTICS
ANTARCTIC REGIONS
STRATOSPHERE
RADIO TELEMETRY
RECOVERY
MEASUREMENT
GAMMA RAYS
*STRATOSPHERIC BALLOONS
*BALLOON LAUNCHING
GRAD(GAMMA RAY ADVANCED DETECTORS)
PE63402F
Antarctic
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA207735
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA207735
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Summary:This collection of five papers discusses the many practical problems, logistics, metrological planning, flight history and recovery operations for the first very large (11.6M cu ft) stratospheric balloon launched from Antarctica. The on-board Gamma Ray Advanced Detector (GRAD) was flown successfully to detect gamma ray emissions from Supernova 1987A. The 2500-lb payload was recovered from a 12,500-ft plateau by LC-130 aircraft. The instrumentation for command-control and telemetry, payload integration and testing, and the telemetry station installed aboard an LC-130 aircraft are described. An overview of the performance of the ARGOS satellite tracking and data-recovery system on this flight is included.

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