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.· Astronomical Telescopes + In...· 0 citations
Long-duration stratospheric balloon missions must transmit large volumes of scientific and telemetry data over variable, omni-directional links that are prone to packet loss and bandwidth fluctuations. To address this, we developed a semi-autonomous file-downlink system for high-altitude astronomy missions such as Supe...
Emaad Paracha, S. Benton, A. Fraisse et al.· Astronomical Telescopes + In...· 0 citations
The Super-Pressure Balloon-borne Imaging Telescope (SuperBIT) completed its science flight in April 2023, obtaining imaging data for 30 galaxy clusters. In this work, we present the first weak-lensing convergence maps from these observations, using six clusters selected from the 30 targets. We construct background-gala...
Sayan Saha, Maya Amit, J. McCleary et al.· 0 citations
This paper presents the system design and protocol behaviour in detail, situates it within SuperBIT’s broader communications architecture, reports its performance during SuperBIT’s final flight, and introduces parachuter, an open-source reimplementation released so that future missions can adopt and extend the approach...
Emaad Paracha, S. Benton, A. Fraisse et al.· Astronomical Telescopes + In...· 1 citation
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