Feasibility study on scientific balloon experiment at Ny-Ålesund (scientific paper)
This paper deals with the possibility of scientific ballooning in the Arctic (at Ny-Ålesund). This study is based on balloon experiments carried out at Syowa Station, Antarctica, from 1996 through 1999. Under typical flight conditions, such as five-hour flight duration at 30km altitude, balloon traj...
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Format: | Report |
Language: | English |
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The Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS)
2001
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Online Access: | https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_uri&item_id=2368 http://id.nii.ac.jp/1291/00002368/ https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_action_common_download&item_id=2368&item_no=1&attribute_id=18&file_no=1 |
Summary: | This paper deals with the possibility of scientific ballooning in the Arctic (at Ny-Ålesund). This study is based on balloon experiments carried out at Syowa Station, Antarctica, from 1996 through 1999. Under typical flight conditions, such as five-hour flight duration at 30km altitude, balloon trajectory simulation at Ny-Ålesund demonstrated the flight range within 150km in June through August, and large possibility of payload recovery. A new type of superpressure balloon developed by a Japanese balloon group, which promises a long duration flight at constant altitude, will be a useful platform. New onboard systems and ground facilities developed for the preceding balloon experiment in the Antarctic will be applicable to scientific observations over Arctic regions. |
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