Experiences with Balloon-Borne Telescopes

Abstract

A 24-inch telescope that had been designed and nearly completed under a preceding contract, was finished and used in four balloon flights. A number of improvements were incorporated in the system as the flight program developed. A major effort was also applied toward the design and initial fabrication of a new balloon-borne telescope of 50-inch size.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 21, 1970
Accession Number
AD0715299

Entities

People

  • Alvin H. Howell

Organizations

  • Tufts University

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  • Abstracts
  • Air Force
  • Classification
  • Contracts
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Engineering
  • Fabrication
  • Massachusetts
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Security
  • Telescopes
  • United States
  • Universities

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Solar Physics
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites
  • Space - Space Objects