Abstract The super-pressure balloon (SPB) has been expected to be a flight vehicle that can provide a long flight duration to science. Since 1997, we have developed the SPB. Now we are at the phase of developing an SPB of a practical size. In 2009, we carried out a test flight of a pumpkin-shaped SPB with a 60,000m3 volume. The undesirable result of this flight aroused us to resolve the deployment instability of the pumpkin-shaped SPB, which has been known as one of the most challenging issues confronting SPB development. To explore this deployment issue, in 2010, we carried out a series of ground tests. From results of these tests, we found that an SPB design modified from pumpkin, named “tawara”, can be a good candidate to greatly improve the deployment stability of the lobed SPB.


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    Titel :

    Progress of super-pressure balloon development: A new “tawara” concept with improved stability


    Beteiligte:
    Fuke, H. (Autor:in) / Izutsu, N. (Autor:in) / Akita, D. (Autor:in) / Iijima, I. (Autor:in) / Kato, Y. (Autor:in) / Kawada, J. (Autor:in) / Matsushima, K. (Autor:in) / Matsuzaka, Y. (Autor:in) / Mizuta, E. (Autor:in) / Namiki, M. (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Advances in Space Research ; 48 , 6 ; 1136-1146


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2011-05-04


    Format / Umfang :

    11 pages




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch





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