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

该项目将开发和测试一个气球有效载荷，用于探测MeV电子沉降到大气中。相对论性电子沉淀已经发现在高纬度地区发生，但不知道这种事件有多普遍，也不知道导致这种事件的条件。在这个项目下开发的仪器将是一种非常小、重量轻的设备，可以包括通过铱星系统进行实时数据通信。这项新技术将允许有效载荷可以在小型气球上发射，也可以在长时间飞行的气球上发射。

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.