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HEMERA ZPB2021

August 19, 2021
HEMERA ZPB2021

HEMERA ZPB 2021

HEMERA is a balloon infrastructure project, funded by the European Commission within its programme Horizon2020.

Horizon Europe is the EU’s key funding programme for research and innovation.

It tackles climate change, helps to achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and boosts the EU’s competitiveness and growth.

The programme facilitates collaboration and strengthens the impact of research and innovation in developing, supporting and implementing EU policies while tackling global challenges. It supports creating and better dispersing of excellent knowledge and technologies.

On this mission seven experiments are flying onboard a zero pressure balloon on 150 000 m3

HEMERA ZPB2021

General information

Launch Site Esrange Space Center, Kiruna
Launch period 8th of September - 19th of September
Balloon type Zero Pressure
Balloon size 150 000m³
Payload Various atmospheric and astronomic science.

Payload details

Della Corte (DUSTER)

Objective Collect grains and aerosols (interstellar dust) to investigate compunds of the solar system
Size 40x30x50 cm, 25 kg

Rigourd (STRATOBUS)

Objective Test ERC (Emergency Recovery Capacity) for STRATOBUS: A project from Thales concerning a network of blimps at 19-21 km. Wish to test how to ”detonate” the envelope of the blimps in case of loss of control.
Size Separete gondola hanging below, 7 kg on the Gondola, 30 kg suspended below

Santoni (STRAINS)

Objective Explore new tracking methods for balloons – Time Of Arrival, Frequency Difference of Arrival, Single Motorized Station Tracking
Size 50x50x50 cm, <15 kg

Stude (BAMARA)

Objective Measure ions in the atmosphere with a mass spectromoter (Liquid Neon Cryo pump thorugh floor)
Size 50x50x100 cm, 110 kg

Turunen (B-TRUE)

Objective Measuring electrons in the atmosphere using a silicon telescope
Size 30x30x30 cm, 5 kg

GRASS

Objective Gamma ray spectrometer
Size 6 kg

ASI TM

Objective TM system
Size 50x50x10 cm,30 kg

Missions overview

HEMERA is a balloon infrastructure project, funded by the European Commission within its programme Horizon2020.

Horizon Europe is the EU’s key funding programme for research and innovation.

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