Aug 2026
Starlink takes flight: high-bandwidth communication for scientific ballooning
Scientific balloon missions have long been constrained by limited-bandwidth communications, which restrict real-time telemetry, data transfer, and monitoring. In 2023, the Super-pressure Balloon-borne Imaging Telescope (SuperBIT) became the first scientific balloon mission to successfully integrate and use SpaceX’s Sta...
Emaad Paracha, S. Benton, A. Fraisse et al.
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