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Balloons and Gondola

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The CNES STRATEOLE balloon is a 10-m diameter superpressure balloon (SPB) with a 50 micron thick envelope made of bilaminated polytester film. Helium is used as the lifting gas. Once at its drifting level, the SPB lifetime is limited only by helium effusion through the envelope or by loss through microleaks
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A specific launching technique has been developed by CNES for polar conditions.


For a nominal flight level around 50 hPa the balloon can carry a 20 kg weight.




Kiruna



The measurement gondola consists of polystyrene tubes covered with aluminized polyester that allows the thermal conditioning of different elements. The energy onboard is provided by lithium batteries.


Basic instruments in the gondola are two temperature sensors, a pressure sensor, a GPS receiver and an ARGOS transmitter.

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