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"Sapienza" University in Rome: a balloon to study galaxies

Rome, Italy - A team created a telemetric system and control the flight. The data will be used by Olympus

A new telemetry system and control of the stratospheric flight has been tested in space context by a team of the "Sapienza". The tool, launched last August 17 in the Arctic (from Longyearbyen, Svalbard Islands) by a stratospheric balloon from 35,000 cubic meter, reached the operating altitude of 37 km in about two hours. The flight lasted eight days. The system so experimented can be used for...

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Rome, Italy, 09/03/2014 10:28
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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