TY - GEN
T1 - Gal/Xgal U/LDB Spectroscopic/Stratospheric THz Observatory
T2 - Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy XI 2022
AU - Walker, Christopher K
AU - Kulesa, Craig
AU - Young, Abram
AU - Verts, William
AU - Gao, Jian Rong
AU - Hu, Qing
AU - Silva, Jose
AU - Mirzaei, Behnam
AU - Laauwen, Wouter
AU - Hesler, Jeffrey
AU - Groppi, Christopher
AU - Emrich, Anders
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 SPIE.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Gal/Xgal U/LDB Spectroscopic/ Stratospheric THz Observatory (GUSTO) is a NASA Explorers Mission of Opportunity that will make large scale maps of the Milky Way and Large Magellanic Cloud in three important interstellar lines: [CII], [OI], and [NII] at 158, 63, and 205 μm, respectively. During its ∼75 day stratospheric (∼36 km) flight, GUSTO's 0.9-meter balloon-borne telescope and THz heterodyne array receivers will provide the spectral and spatial resolution needed to untangle the complexities of the interstellar medium by probing all phases of its Life Cycle. The GUSTO payload consists of (1) a telescope; (2) three 8-pixel heterodyne array receivers; (3) autocorrelator spectrometers; (4) instrument control electronics; and (5) a cryostat. The GUSTO gondola is derived from successful APL designs. Much of the GUSTO instrument architecture and hardware is based on the experience gained in developing and flying the Stratospheric Terahertz Observatory (STO). GUSTO is currently undergoing integration and test and will launch from the NASA Long Duration Balloon (LDB) Facility near McMurdo, Antarctica in December 2023.
AB - Gal/Xgal U/LDB Spectroscopic/ Stratospheric THz Observatory (GUSTO) is a NASA Explorers Mission of Opportunity that will make large scale maps of the Milky Way and Large Magellanic Cloud in three important interstellar lines: [CII], [OI], and [NII] at 158, 63, and 205 μm, respectively. During its ∼75 day stratospheric (∼36 km) flight, GUSTO's 0.9-meter balloon-borne telescope and THz heterodyne array receivers will provide the spectral and spatial resolution needed to untangle the complexities of the interstellar medium by probing all phases of its Life Cycle. The GUSTO payload consists of (1) a telescope; (2) three 8-pixel heterodyne array receivers; (3) autocorrelator spectrometers; (4) instrument control electronics; and (5) a cryostat. The GUSTO gondola is derived from successful APL designs. Much of the GUSTO instrument architecture and hardware is based on the experience gained in developing and flying the Stratospheric Terahertz Observatory (STO). GUSTO is currently undergoing integration and test and will launch from the NASA Long Duration Balloon (LDB) Facility near McMurdo, Antarctica in December 2023.
KW - Suborbital astronomy
KW - Terahertz array receivers
KW - Terahertz astronomy
KW - Terahertz telescopes
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U2 - 10.1117/12.2629051
DO - 10.1117/12.2629051
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85140779709
T3 - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
BT - Millimeter, Submillimeter, and Far-Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy XI
A2 - Zmuidzinas, Jonas
A2 - Gao, Jian-Rong
PB - SPIE
Y2 - 17 July 2022 through 22 July 2022
ER -