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In-flight performance of the BLAST-TNG telescope platform

Year: 2020

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: The Next Generation Balloon-Borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (BLAST-TNG) was a unique instrument for characterizing the polarized submillimeter sky at high-angular resolution. BLAST-TNG flew from the Long Duration Balloon Facility in Antarctica in January 2020. Despite the short flight duration, the instrument worked very well and is providing significant information about each subsystem that will be invaluable for future balloon missions. In this contribution, we discuss the performance of telescope and gondola.

DOI: 10.1117/12.2560849

Authors: Gabriele Coppi, Peter A. Ade, Peter C. Ashton, Jason E. Austermann, Erin G. Cox, Mark J. Devlin, Bradley J. Dober, Valentina Fanfani, Laura M. Fissel, Nicholas B. Galitzki, Jiansong Gao, Samuel Gordon, Christopher E. Groppi, Gene C. Hilton, Johannes Hubmayr, Jeffrey Klein, Dale Li, Ian Lowe, Nathan P. Lourie, Christopher Mckinney, Hamdi Mani, Philip D. Mauskopf, Federico Nati, Giles Novak, Giampaolo Pisano, Javier L. Romualdez, Adrian K. Sinclair, Juan D. Soler, Carole Tucker, Joel Ullom, Michael Visser, Caleb H. Wheeler, Paul A. Williams

Institutions: University of Milano-Bicocca, University of Pennsylvania, Cardiff University, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Northwestern University, Queen's University, University of California San Diego

Language: English

Topic: Astronomy and Astrophysical Research

Subfield: Instrumentation

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: Science and Technology Facilities Council

Award: G6281506020

OpenAlex ID: W3107021684

FWCI: 0.973

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