#superbit — Public Fediverse posts
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The Super Pressure Balloon Imaging Telescope SuperBIT launched in April on a high altitude balloon used a set of capsules which were planned to be released at intervals during the mission.
However it came down early so they dropped 2 capsules.
The telescope got destroyed on landing due to the parachute failed to release on landing.
The capsules used Raspberry PI 3B's with 5TB of SSD.
Both capsules were recovered.
https://www.theregister.com/2023/11/16/scientists_use_raspberry_pi_tech/
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Data Downloaded via Parachute from a NASA Super-Pressure Balloon: https://www.mdpi.com/2226-4310/10/11/960 -> Data from a NASA mission to map dark matter around galaxy clusters has been saved by a new recovery system designed by scientists at the University of Sydney: https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2023/11/15/downloading-nasas-dark-matter-data-from-above-the-clouds.html - the system allowed the retrieval of gigabytes of information, even after communication failed and the balloon-based #SuperBIT telescope was damaged in the landing process.
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An in-depth view of one of the systems that could be a key advance for future long-duration #balloon missions: data retrieval.
Last April, the #SuperBIT #telescope was launched from #Wanaka, New Zealand, to study Dark Matter.
Onboard were four DRS (Data Recovery System) capsules containing 5 TB solid-state data storage, plus a #GNSS receiver, #Iridium transmitter, and parachute. Two of them allowed to salvage data despite payload destruction at landing.
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Can a Balloon Telescope Find Dark Matter? Follow the Team That Built SuperBIT for NASA
A mini-documentary about the recent adventure of Super-BIT telescope under a NASA Super Pressure Balloon
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Hubble on a Balloon? NASA Begins an Iconic Mission Called Superbit - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bZj_QNO6nE -
Da #SuperBIT al prossimo #UESO-SPB2, la bellezza di galleggiare guardando le stelle... #stardust @MarcoCasolino
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The #TarantulaNebula from 33 km altitude - this image was just taken by the Super Pressure Balloon Imaging Telescope (#SuperBIT) drifting from New Zealand to South America: https://blogs.nasa.gov/superpressureballoon/2023/04/20/balloon-borne-superbit-telescope-releases-1st-research-images/ and more in https://www.nasa.gov/feature/wallops/2023/lift-off-nasa-s-super-pressure-balloon-takes-flight-from-new-zealand while https://www.facebook.com/groups/5889909863/posts/10159819319999864 and https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10230565794396772 and https://www.facebook.com/markpollardphotography/posts/pfbid02tWuSMC9QR4o9xenL8WaSGWuxMxfuKxu3dzHzvTqUiPvLBbZUgCgSMz98CADb8W1zl show the #balloon in question still over NZ.
