SGER: Development and Test Flight of a Small, Automated Balloon Payload for Observations of Terrestrial X-Rays

SGER：用于观测地面 X 射线的小型自动气球有效载荷的开发和测试飞行

• 批准号: 0233370
• 负责人: George Parks
• 金额: $ 3.94万
• 依托单位: University of California-Berkeley
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-09-15 至 2005-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0233370&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SGER; Development; Test; Flight; Small

The project will develop and test a balloon payload designed to detect MeV electron precipitation into the atmosphere. Relativistic electron precipitation has been found to occur at high latitudes, but it is not known how common such events are, nor is much known about the conditions that leads to such events. The instrument to be developed under this project will be a very small, light weight device that can include real-time data communications via the Iridium satellite system. This new technology will allow a payload that can be launched on small balloons as well as on long-duration balloons.

该项目将开发和测试一个气球有效载荷，旨在探测MeV电子沉降到大气中。 相对论性电子沉淀已被发现发生在高纬度地区，但不知道这种事件有多常见，也不知道导致这种事件的条件。 在该项目下开发的仪器将是一个非常小、重量轻的装置，可包括通过铱卫星系统进行的实时数据通信。 这项新技术将允许有效载荷可以在小型气球和长期气球上发射。