BIT (Balloon-Borne Imaging Testbed)

Sitio de lanzamiento: Base de Globos Estratosfericos Timmins, Ontario, Canada  
Lanzamiento y operación del globo a cargo de: CNES / CSA
Globo: Globo Abierto Modelo 400z Zodiac 400.000 m3
Nº de vuelo: NIMBUS-5
Campaña: STRATO SCIENCE 2015  
Peso carga útil: 750 KG

• BIT website University of Toronto
• BIT 2015 Flight from Timmins University of Toronto website
• BIT test flight 2015 Richard Massey website
• Overview, design, and flight results from SuperBIT: a high-resolution, wide-field, visible-to-near-UV balloon-borne astronomical telescope SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018 conference
• Precise Pointing and Stabilization Performance for the Balloon-borne Imaging Testbed (BIT): 2015 Test Flight  
• STRATO SCIENCE 2015 : Essai transformé pour BIT ! Coverage of the flight at CNES website
• The design and development of a high-resolution visible-to-near-UV telescope for balloon-borne astronomy: SuperBIT SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation 2016
• The Frequency and Modal System Identification of the Balloon-borne Imaging Testbed Ph.D Thesis by Lun Li, University of Toronto (2015)