BIT (Balloon-Borne Imaging Testbed)

Sitio de lanzamiento: Base de Globos Estratosfericos Timmins, Ontario, Canada  
Dia y hora de lanzamiento: 18/9/2015  
Lanzamiento y operación del globo a cargo de: Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)
Tipo de globo/fabricante/volumen/composicion: Globo Abierto Modelo 402z Zodiac 400.000 m3
Nº de vuelo: NIMBUS-5
Dia y hora de fin del vuelo (L para hora de aterrizaje, W ultimo contacto conocido, resto hora de separacion): 19/9/2015 ??
Duración del vuelo (d:dias / h:horas / m:minutos): ---
Sitio de aterrizaje o ultima posición conocida: En el norte de Quebec, Canada
Campaña: STRATO SCIENCE 2015  
Peso carga útil: 750 KG

• BIT website University of Toronto
• Assessment of the Last Two STRATO SCIENCE Campaigns in Timmins, Canada SpaceOps 2016 Conference, SpaceOps Conferences, (AIAA 2016-2611)
• 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)