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y FIREBall-2: advancing TRL while doing proof-of-concept astrophysics on a suborbital platform
MICRO- AND NANOTECHNOLOGY SENSORS, SYSTEMS, AND APPLICATIONS XI, Vol.10982
Proceedings of SPIE
01/01/2019
DOI: 10.1117/12.2518711
Abstract
Here we discuss advances in UV technology over the last decade, with an emphasis on photon counting, low noise, high efficiency detectors in sub-orbital programs. We focus on the use of innovative UV detectors in a NASA astrophysics balloon telescope, FIREBall-2, which successfully flew in the Fall of 2018. The FIREBall-2 telescope is designed to make observations of distant galaxies to understand more about how they evolve by looking for diffuse hydrogen in the galactic halo. The payload utilizes a 1.0-meter class telescope with an ultraviolet multi-object spectrograph and is a joint collaboration between Caltech, JPL, LAM, CNES, Columbia, the University of Arizona, and NASA. The improved detector technology that was tested on FIREBall-2 can be applied to any UV mission. We discuss the results of the flight and detector performance. We will also discuss the utility of sub-orbital platforms (both balloon payloads and rockets) for testing new technologies and proof-of-concept scientific ideas.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- y FIREBall-2: advancing TRL while doing proof-of-concept astrophysics on a suborbital platform
- Creators
- Erika T. Hamden - University of ArizonaKeri Hoadley - California Institute of TechnologyD. Christopher Martin - California Institute of TechnologyDavid Schiminovich - Columbia UniversityBruno Milliard - Canadian Nautical Research SocietyShouleh Nikzad - Jet Propulsion LaboratoryRamona Augustin - Canadian Nautical Research SocietyPhilippe Balard - Canadian Nautical Research SocietyPatrick Blanchard - Canadian Nautical Research SocietyNicolas Bray - Centre National d'Études SpatialesMarty Crabill - California Institute of TechnologyJean Evrard - Centre National d'Études SpatialesAlbert Gomes - Centre National d'Études SpatialesRobert Grange - Canadian Nautical Research SocietyJulia Gross - Columbia UniversityApril Jewell - Jet Propulsion LaboratoryGillian Kyne - Jet Propulsion LaboratoryMichele Limon - Columbia UniversityNicole Lingner - California Institute of TechnologyMateusz Matuszewski - California Institute of TechnologyNicole Melso - Columbia UniversityFrederi Mirc - Centre National d'Études SpatialesJohan Montel - Centre National d'Études SpatialesHwei Ru Ong - Columbia UniversityDonal O'Sullivan - California Institute of TechnologySandrine Pascal - Canadian Nautical Research SocietyEtienne Perot - Centre National d'Études SpatialesVincent Picouet - Canadian Nautical Research SocietyMuriel Saccoccio - Centre National d'Études SpatialesBrian Smiley - Columbia UniversityXavier Soors - Centre National d'Études SpatialesPierre Tapie - Centre National d'Études SpatialesDidier Vibert - Canadian Nautical Research SocietyIsabelle Zenone - Centre National d'Études SpatialesJose Zorrilla - Columbia University
- Contributors
- T George (Editor)M S Islam (Editor)
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
- Publication Details
- MICRO- AND NANOTECHNOLOGY SENSORS, SYSTEMS, AND APPLICATIONS XI, Vol.10982
- Series
- Proceedings of SPIE
- DOI
- 10.1117/12.2518711
- ISSN
- 0277-786X
- eISSN
- 1996-756X
- Publisher
- Spie-Int Soc Optical Engineering
- Number of pages
- 11
- Grant note
- APRA program Nancy Grace Roman Fellowship Caltech CNRS; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) CNES; Centre National D'etudes Spatiales NSF AAPF; National Science Foundation (NSF); NSF - Directorate for Mathematical & Physical Sciences (MPS)
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/01/2019
- Academic Unit
- Physics and Astronomy
- Record Identifier
- 9984428839802771
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