FIREBall-2: advancing TRL while doing proof-of-concept astrophysics on a suborbital platform
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Hamden, Erika T.Hoadley, Keri
Martin, Christopher
Schiminovich, David
Milliard, Bruno
Nikzad, Shouleh
Augustin, Ramona
Balard, Philippe
Blanchard, Patrick
Bray, Nicolas
Crabill, Marty
Evrard, Jean
Gomes, Albert
Grange, Robert
Gross, Julia
Jewell, April D.
Kyne, Gillian
Lemon, Michele
Lingner, Nicole
Matuszewski, Matt
Melso, Nicole
Mirc, Frédéri
Montel, Johan
Ong, Hwei Ru
O'Sullivan, Donal
Pascal, Sandrine
Pérot, Etienne
Picouet, Vincent
Saccoccio, Muriel
Smiley, Brian
Soors, Xavier
Tapie, Pierre
Vibert, Didier
Zenone, Isabelle
Zorilla, Jose
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Univ Arizona, Steward ObservIssue Date
2019-05-13
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Hamden, E. T., Hoadley, K., Martin, D. C., Schiminovich, D., Milliard, B., Nikzad, S., ... & Crabill, M. (2019, May). FIREBall-2: advancing TRL while doing proof-of-concept astrophysics on a suborbital platform. In Micro-and Nanotechnology Sensors, Systems, and Applications XI (Vol. 10982, p. 1098220). International Society for Optics and Photonics.Rights
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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.ISSN
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APRA program; CNESCentre National D'etudes Spatiales; CNRSCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS); Nancy Grace Roman Fellowship; NSF AAPFNational Science Foundation (NSF)NSF - Directorate for Mathematical & Physical Sciences (MPS); Caltechae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1117/12.2518711