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astro-ph.IM2026★ 7 cited

Sunrise III: The Wavefront Correction System

Thomas Berkefeld, Alexander Bell, Reiner Volkmer +19

This paper describes the wave-front correction and image stabilisation system (CWS) developed for the Sunrise III balloon-borne telescope, and provides information about its perfor…

astro-ph.IM2025★ 32 cited

Sunrise III: Overview of Observatory and Instruments

Andreas Korpi-Lagg, Achim Gandorfer, Sami K. Solanki +117

In July 2024, Sunrise completed its third successful science flight. The Sunrise III observatory had been upgraded significantly after the two previous successful flights in 2009 a…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 1 cited

Towards a European Stratospheric Balloon Observatory -- The ESBO Design Study

Philipp Maier, Jürgen Wolf, Thomas Keilig +18

This paper presents the concept of a community-accessible stratospheric balloon-based observatory that is currently under preparation by a consortium of European research institute…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 1 cited

Status of the STUDIO UV balloon mission and platform

A. Pahler, M. Ångermann, J. Barnstedt +24

Stratospheric balloons offer accessible and affordable platforms for observations in atmosphere-constrained wavelength ranges. At the same time, they can serve as an effective step…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 12 cited

The Far-Infrared Surveyor Mission Study: Paper I, the Genesis

M. Meixner, A. Cooray, R. Carter +27

This paper describes the beginning of the Far-Infrared Surveyor mission study for NASA's Astrophysics Decadal 2020. We describe the scope of the study, and the open process approac…