The Sunrise Mission

• Published in: Solar Physics
• Main Authors: Barthol, P., Gandorfer, A., Solanki, S. K., Schüssler, M., Chares, B., Curdt, W., Deutsch, W., Feller, A., Germerott, D., Grauf, B., Heerlein, K., Hirzberger, J., Kolleck, M., Meller, R., Müller, R., Riethmüller, T. L., Tomasch, G., Knölker, M., Lites, B. W., Card, G., Elmore, D., Fox, J., Lecinski, A., Nelson, P., Summers, R., Watt, A., Martínez Pillet, V., Bonet, J. A., Schmidt, W., Berkefeld, T., Title, A. M., Domingo, V., Gasent Blesa, J. L., Toro Iniesta, J. C. del, López Jiménez, A., Álvarez Herrero, A., Sabau Graziati, L., Widani, C., Haberler, P., Härtel, K., Kampf, D., Levin, T., Pérez Grande, María Isabel, Sanz Andres, Angel Pedro, Schmidt, E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: E.T.S.I. Aeronáuticos (UPM) 2010
• Subjects: Aeronáutica; Kiruna; Somerset Island
• Online Access: https://oa.upm.es/6971/

The first science flight of the balloon-borne Sunrise telescope took place in June 2009 from ESRANGE (near Kiruna/Sweden) to Somerset Island in northern Canada. We describe the scientific aims and mission concept of the project and give an overview and a description of the various hardware component...