PROGRAM
 First Day - Tuesday, May 16, 2017
| CHAIR: | Pierce | Decadal + Superpressure
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| Start Time |
End Time
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Topic / Title |
Presenter |
Affiliation |
8:50 AM
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9:00 AM
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Welcome and opening remarks |
Shaul Hanany
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UMN
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| 9:00 AM
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9:25 AM
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Planning for the US decadal panel
Link to: Abstract; Presentation
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Thomas Hams and Dave Pierce
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NASA HQ
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| 9:25 AM
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9:50 AM
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Superpressure balloon
Link to: Abstract; Presentation
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Debora Fairbrother
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NASA BPO
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| 9:50
AM |
10:10 AM
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Lessons learned from the 2016 COSI-SPB campaign
Link to: Abstract; Presentation
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Carolyn Kierans
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US Berkeley
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| 10:10 AM
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10:40 AM
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Break
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| CHAIR: | Bernasconi | Power | | |
| 10:40 AM
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11:00 AM
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Power systems design for long duration ballooning
Link to: Abstract; Presentation
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Christopher Field
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CSBF
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| 11:00 AM
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11:20 AM
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Development in solar panels for ballooning
Link to: Abstract; Presentation
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Alain Chuzel
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Sun Cat Solar
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| 11:20 AM
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11:40 PM
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Power management simulations for long duration balloon flights
Link to: Abstract; Presentation
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Dean Schrage
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Zin Technologies
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| 11:40 PM
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12:25 PM
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Summary + Discussion (Moderator: Scott Wakely)
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| 12:25PM |
1:40 PM |
Lunch Break |
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| CHAIR: | Fuke | Telemetry | | |
| 1:40 PM |
2:00 PM |
Telemetry options and future developments for long duration balloon science support
Link to: Abstract; Presentation
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Christopher Field
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CSBF
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| 2:00PM |
2:20 PM |
Software defined radios
Link to: Abstract; Presentation
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Herb Sims
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MSFC
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| 2:20 PM |
2:40 PM |
Demonstrator flight for a new CSA power & TMTC subsystem
Link to: Abstract; Presentation
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Sebastien Lafrance
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Canadian Space Agency
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| 2:40 |
3:00 PM |
A proposal for a non-real time telemetry ststem for the LSPE CMB mission
Link to: Abstract; Presentation
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Daniele Grosso
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University of Genoa
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| 3:00 PM |
3:30 PM |
Break |
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| CHAIR: | Young | Weather + Trajectories
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| 3:30 PM |
3:50 PM |
Metrological support in scientific ballooning
Link to: Abstract; Presentation
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Christopher Schwantes
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CSBF
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| 3:50 PM |
4:10 PM |
Trajectories of long duration flights
Link to: Abstract; Presentation
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Christopher Geach
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UMN
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| 4:10 PM |
4:30 PM |
Analysis of Alaskan balloon campaigns
Link to: Abstract; Presentation
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Jamie Lehnen
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Houston
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| 4:30 PM |
4:50 PM
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Sea recovery operation of scientific balloons in Japan
Link to: Abstract; Presentation
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Hideyuki Fuke
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JAXA
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| 4:50 PM |
5:35 PM |
Summary + Discussion (Moderator: Eliot Young ) |
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Second Day - Wednesday, May 17, 2017
| Start Time |
End Time
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Title |
Presenter |
Affiliation |
| CHAIR: | Pullen
| New Approaches and Technologies
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9:00 AM
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9:20 AM
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The Large Balloon Reflector (LBR)
Link to: Abstract; Presentation
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Steve Smith (Pietro Bernasconi)
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SWRI
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| 9:20 AM
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9:40 AM
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POLOCALC: POLarization Orientation CALibrator for Cosmology
Link to: Abstract; Presentation
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Federico Nati
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Penn
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| 9:40 AM |
10:00 AM
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New load tape for balloons
Link to: Abstract; Presentation
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Hideyuki Fuke
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JAXA
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| 10:00 AM
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10:15 AM
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Poster Review
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| 10:15 AM |
10:45 AM |
Break + Poster Session |
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| CHAIR: | Fairbrother
| Attitude Control
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| 10:45 AM |
11:05 AM |
The NASA wallops arc second pointer (WASP) system
Link to: Abstract; Presentation
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David Stuchlik
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NASA / BPO
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| 11:05 AM
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11:25 AM
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The STO-2 high precision and stability attitude control system
Link to: Abstract; Presentation
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Pietro Bernasconi
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APL
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| 11:25 AM
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11:45 AM
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The performance of the pointing system during the recent flight of the E and B experiment (EBEX)
Link to: Abstract; Presentation
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Joy Didier
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USC
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| 11:45 AM
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12:05 PM
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Demonstration of a long exposure, wide-field, sub-arcsecond pointing system for the Super Pressure Balloon platform
Link to: Abstract; Presentation
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Javier Romuladez
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U Toronto
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12:05 PM
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1:35 PM
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Lunch Break
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| CHAIR: | Orr | Attitude Control + Mechanical | | |
| 1:35 PM |
1:55 PM |
PoGO+ pointing strategies and 2016 flight performance
Link to: Abstract; Presentation
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Mozsi Kiss
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KTH
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| 1:55 PM |
2:15 PM |
Guidelines for gondola design and stress analysis
Link to: Abstract; Presentation
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Hugo Franco
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CSBF
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| 2:15 PM |
2:35 PM |
Mechanical design of the PMC-Turbo gondola
Link to: Abstract; Presentation
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Christopher Geach
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UMN
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| 2:35 PM |
3:05 PM |
Break + Poster Session
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| CHAIR: | Eriksson
| Mechanical | | | | 3:05 PM
| 3:25 PM | Challenges in the design of lightweight, rigid, low-Q gondola frames
Link to: Abstract; Presentation | Steven Li | Princeton |
| 3:25 PM |
3:45 PM |
Mechanical, thermal, and optical dDesign of the 2.5 m BLAST-TNG telescope
Link to: Abstract; Presentation
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Nathan Lourie
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Penn
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| 3:45 PM |
4:05 PM |
Light and stiff structure for the X-Calibur Telescope
Link to: Abstract; Presentation
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Banafsheh Beheshtipour
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UW St. Louis
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| 4:05 PM |
4:25 PM |
Torsional balloon flight line oscillations: comparison of modelling to flight data
Link to: Abstract; Presentation
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Francois Aubin
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UMN
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| 4:25 PM |
5:10 PM
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Summary + Discussion (Moderator: Shaul Hanany)
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Third Day - Thursday, May 18, 2017
| Start Time |
End Time
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Title |
Presenter |
Affiliation |
| CHAIR: | Lafrance
| Thermal Design and Performance
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| 9:00 AM
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9:20 AM
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Balloon thermal model design parameters and sensitivities
Link to: Abstract; Presentation |
Doug Ferguson
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Orbital ATK
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| 9:20 AM
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9:40 AM
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PILOT telescope optical alignment and thermo-mechanical behavior : from modeling to flight data
Link to: Abstract; Presentation |
Francois Pajot
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CNRS
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| 9:40 AM |
10:00 AM
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Optical Performance Analyses for the 1-meter Optical Telescope for NASA GHAPS
Link to: Abstract; Presentation
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Brian Catanzaro
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CFE Services
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| 10:00 AM
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10:20 AM
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The Flight Performance of the STO-2 Cooling System
Link to: Abstract; Presentation
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Pietro Bernasconi
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APL
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| 10:20 AM |
10:40 AM
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Break |
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| CHAIR: | Gaskin | On Board Software + Electronics
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| 10:40 AM |
11:00 AM |
The software architecture and telemetry system of PMC-Turbo
Link to: Abstract; Presentation |
Carl Kjellstrand
|
Columbia U
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| 11:00 AM
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11:20 AM
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LabJack devices for long-duration ballooning
Link to: Abstract; Presentation |
Ian Lowe
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Penn
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| 11:20 AM
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11:40 AM
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The deep space test bed (DSTB) facility for radiation studies
Link to: Abstract; Presentation |
Mark ChristI
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NASA / MSFC
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| 11:40 AM
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12:25 PM
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Summary + Discussion (Moderator: Jessica Gaskin)
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