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| Name: B. V. N. KAPARDHI Affiliation: BALLOON FACILITY OF TIFR Conference ID: ASI2015_637 Title : An overview on Instrumentation used in scientific ballooning Authors and Co-Authors : D. Anand, D.K. Ojha , V. Anmi Reddy, T.V. Rao, Dharmesh T, Santosh K. Balloon Facility of Tata Institute of fundamental Research. Abstract Type : Poster Abstract Category : Instrumentation and Techniques Abstract : Since it's inception in 1970, the Balloon Facility of Tata Institute of Fundamental Research ( TIFR) has served the scientific community from within the country as well as from abroad for conducting balloon flights carrying payloads of scientific experiments in Cosmic Ray, X-Ray, Gamma Ray and Infrared Astronomy, Astrobiology as well as Atmospheric sciences. Several important and interesting results have being obtained from these balloon-borne experiments. TIFR Balloon Facility is a unique Centre of technology which offers complete solutions in scientific ballooning for high altitude studies. The Centre has an in- house balloon production facility and ground facilities for balloon launching and recovery operations. A control room fully equipped with S-band telemetry, tracking and control capabilities for handling the data and control operations. A balloon launch area at the balloon facility gives operational flexibility and optimal utilization of the available manpower. This paper will present an overview on various instrumentation that is being used in scientific ballooning. |