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Long Duration Balloon flight from polar regions (Peterzen et al. ESA Symposium 2003 ESA-SP530 – St. Gallen) Workshop ASI sulle Tecnologie ElettroOttiche ASI 14/10/2004 S. Masi Flights from NSBF - USA (from Fairbanks, Alaska) At similar latitudes, flights from Kiruna (Sweden) Svalbard have higher latitude.

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Page 1: Long Duration Balloon flight from polar regions (Peterzen et al. ESA Symposium 2003 ESA-SP530 – St. Gallen) Workshop ASI sulle Tecnologie ElettroOttiche

Long Duration Balloon flight from polar regions(Peterzen et al. ESA Symposium 2003 ESA-SP530 – St. Gallen)

Workshop ASI sulle Tecnologie ElettroOtticheASI 14/10/2004 S. Masi

Flights from NSBF - USA

(from Fairbanks, Alaska)

At similar latitudes,

flights from Kiruna (Sweden)

Svalbard have higher latitude.

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Long Duration Balloon flight from polar regions(Peterzen et al. ESA Symposium 2003 ESA-SP530 – St. Gallen)

Workshop ASI sulle Tecnologie ElettroOtticheASI 14/10/2004 S. Masi

Flights from NSBF - USA

(from Fairbanks, Alaska)

At similar latitudes,

flights from Kiruna (Sweden)

Svalbard are at higher

latitude (78-80N).

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Svalbard launch tests

Test launch July 24, 2004

Feasibility of LDB flight from Svalbard proved

More than 40 days at float

IRIDIUM telemetry subsystem for OLIMPO succesfully tested

Solar panels/charge control tested

Forecasted OLIMPO LDB scientific balloon flight in Summer 2006

Workshop ASI sulle Tecnologie ElettroOtticheASI 14/10/2004 S. Masi

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Workshop ASI sulle Tecnologie ElettroOtticheASI 14/10/2004 S. Masi

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Workshop ASI sulle Tecnologie ElettroOtticheASI 14/10/2004 S. Masi

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Telemetry / TC / data acquisition for Long Duration Balloon Flights

Polar flights are not in Line of Sight.

Solution:a) Satellite relay telemetry / TC systemIridium TM/TC for selected/compressed data (INGV, G. Romeo/Phys.Dept)b) on-board full storagec) data dump on selected ground stations

Workshop ASI sulle Tecnologie ElettroOtticheASI 14/10/2004 S. Masi

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Iridium

• 66 satelliti (6 ricambi già in orbita) a 780 km• 100 minuti di periodo orbitale• Frequenza comunicazione verso terra (utenza)

1616..1625 MHz • Frequenza satellite-satellite 23.18-23.38 GHZ• Frequenza satellite-terra 19.4..19.2 GHz • Frequenza terra-satellite 29.1-29.3 GHz• Velocità di trasmissione per canale 2400 bps

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rs232

rs232

rs232

Digital

I/O

RCM2000 main processor

Solar array

Charge controller

battery

Low battery switch

power supply

adc board

Panels temperature

Panels voltage

Panels current

Battery voltage

Vessel temperature

Arm temperature

IRIDIUMdata kit

IRIDIUM phone antenna

Level adapter Main processor monitor

Data monitor

on-off phone

8 channels igniter driverTo and from igniters

rs232

GPS receiver

scientific adc

(unused)

antenna

Attuale telemetria basata su IRIDIUM

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U1

U2.1

U2.2

U2.3

U3

U4

U5

U6

U0

Boards descriptionU0 : IRIDIUM TelephoneU1 : CPU and GPS ReceiverU2.1: Flux Gate (Ch1), unusedU2.2: Flux Gate (Ch2), unusedU2.3: Flux Gate (Ch3), unusedU3 : ADC boardU4 : power supplyU5 : charge contollerU6 : igniters driver and tester

Battery

GPS Antenna

IRIDUM Antenna

Temperature sensor

Panels connector

Ballast / Release connector

Testing connector

Flux Gate Magn. conn.

Boards70

cm

10 cm

Mechanical assembly

PEGASO layout

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Workshop ASI sulle Tecnologie ElettroOtticheASI 14/10/2004 S. Masi