A payload delivery and recovery system, having a payload including a data collection device arranged to collect data, and a controllable ascent vehicle comprising a controllable lighter than air (LTA) mechanism detachably coupled to the payload and used during an ascent phase to deliver the payload to a pre-determined altitude. The LTA mechanism includes low cost super-pressure balloons.
SUPER-PRESSURE BALLOON
2016-04-07
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64B LIGHTER-THAN-AIR AIRCRAFT , Luftfahrzeuge leichter als Luft |
NTIS | 2017
|NTRS | 2016
|NTRS | 2017
|Meshed-Pumpkin Super-Pressure Balloon Design
NTRS | 2003
|