FIREBall-2: Advancing TRL while doing proof-of-concept astrophysics on a suborbital platform

Erika T. Hamden; Keri Hoadley; D. Christopher Martin; David Schiminovich; Bruno Milliard; Shouleh Nikzad; Ramona Augustin; Philippe Balard; Patrick Blanchard; Nicolas Bray; Marty Crabill; Jean Evrard; Albert Gomes; Robert Grange; Julia Gross; April Jewell; Gillian Kyne; Michele Limon; Nicole Lingner; Mateusz Matuszewski; Nicole Melso; Frédéri Mirc; Johan Montel; Hwei Ru Ong; Donal O'Sullivan; Sandrine Pascal; Etienne Perot; Vincent Picouet; Muriel Saccoccio; Brian Smiley; Xavier Soors; Pierre Tapie; Didier Vibert; Isabelle Zenone; Jose Zorrilla

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FIREBall-2: Advancing TRL while doing proof-of-concept astrophysics on a suborbital platform

Erika T. Hamden, Keri Hoadley, D. Christopher Martin, David Schiminovich, Bruno Milliard, Shouleh Nikzad, Ramona Augustin, Philippe Balard, Patrick Blanchard, Nicolas Bray, Marty Crabill, Jean Evrard, Albert Gomes, Robert Grange, Julia Gross, April Jewell, Gillian Kyne, Michele Limon, Nicole Lingner, Mateusz MatuszewskiNicole Melso, Frédéri Mirc, Johan Montel, Hwei Ru Ong, Donal O'Sullivan, Sandrine Pascal, Etienne Perot, Vincent Picouet, Muriel Saccoccio, Brian Smiley, Xavier Soors, Pierre Tapie, Didier Vibert, Isabelle Zenone, Jose Zorrilla

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Abstract

Here we discuss advances in UV technology over the last decade, with an emphasis on photon counting, low noise, high eï¬ ciency detectors in sub-orbital programs. We focus on the use of innovative UV detectors in a NASA astrophysics balloon telescope, FIREBall-2, which successfully flew in the Fall of 2018. The FIREBall-2 telescope is designed to make observations of distant galaxies to understand more about how they evolve by looking for diï¬€use hydrogen in the galactic halo. The payload utilizes a 1.0-meter class telescope with an ultraviolet multi-object spectrograph and is a joint collaboration between Caltech, JPL, LAM, CNES, Columbia, the University of Arizona, and NASA. The improved detector technology that was tested on FIREBall-2 can be applied to any UV mission. We discuss the results of the flight and detector performance. We will also discuss the utility of sub-orbital platforms (both balloon payloads and rockets) for testing new technologies and proof-of-concept scientifi c ideas.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Micro- and Nanotechnology Sensors, Systems, and Applications XI
Editors	Thomas George, M. Saif Islam
Publisher	SPIE
ISBN (Electronic)	9781510626294
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2518711
State	Published - 2019
Event	2019 Micro- and Nanotechnology (MNT) Sensors, Systems, and Applications XI Conference - Baltimore, United States Duration: Apr 14 2019 → Apr 18 2019

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	10982
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)	1996-756X

Conference

Conference	2019 Micro- and Nanotechnology (MNT) Sensors, Systems, and Applications XI Conference
Country/Territory	United States
City	Baltimore
Period	4/14/19 → 4/18/19

Keywords

CGM
Galaxy Evolution
Scientific Ballooning
TRL Advancement
UV detectors

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Hamden, E. T., Hoadley, K., Christopher Martin, D., Schiminovich, D., Milliard, B., Nikzad, S., Augustin, R., Balard, P., Blanchard, P., Bray, N., Crabill, M., Evrard, J., Gomes, A., Grange, R., Gross, J., Jewell, A., Kyne, G., Limon, M., Lingner, N., ... Zorrilla, J. (2019). FIREBall-2: Advancing TRL while doing proof-of-concept astrophysics on a suborbital platform. In T. George, & M. S. Islam (Eds.), Micro- and Nanotechnology Sensors, Systems, and Applications XI Article 1098220 (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 10982). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2518711

FIREBall-2: Advancing TRL while doing proof-of-concept astrophysics on a suborbital platform. / Hamden, Erika T.; Hoadley, Keri; Christopher Martin, D. et al.
Micro- and Nanotechnology Sensors, Systems, and Applications XI. ed. / Thomas George; M. Saif Islam. SPIE, 2019. 1098220 (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 10982).

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Hamden, ET, Hoadley, K, Christopher Martin, D, Schiminovich, D, Milliard, B, Nikzad, S, Augustin, R, Balard, P, Blanchard, P, Bray, N, Crabill, M, Evrard, J, Gomes, A, Grange, R, Gross, J, Jewell, A, Kyne, G, Limon, M, Lingner, N, Matuszewski, M, Melso, N, Mirc, F, Montel, J, Ong, HR, O'Sullivan, D, Pascal, S, Perot, E, Picouet, V, Saccoccio, M, Smiley, B, Soors, X, Tapie, P, Vibert, D, Zenone, I & Zorrilla, J 2019, FIREBall-2: Advancing TRL while doing proof-of-concept astrophysics on a suborbital platform. in T George & MS Islam (eds), Micro- and Nanotechnology Sensors, Systems, and Applications XI., 1098220, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 10982, SPIE, 2019 Micro- and Nanotechnology (MNT) Sensors, Systems, and Applications XI Conference, Baltimore, United States, 4/14/19. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2518711

Hamden ET, Hoadley K, Christopher Martin D, Schiminovich D, Milliard B, Nikzad S et al. FIREBall-2: Advancing TRL while doing proof-of-concept astrophysics on a suborbital platform. In George T, Islam MS, editors, Micro- and Nanotechnology Sensors, Systems, and Applications XI. SPIE. 2019. 1098220. (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering). doi: 10.1117/12.2518711

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