B
Ball Aerospace, 95, 168, 213, 298
Balloon Array for Radiation belt
Relativistic Electron Losses
(BARREL), 36, 291
Balloon Assisted Launch System (BALS), 275
Balloon ATAL project (BATAL), 221
Balloon-borne Cryogenic Telescope Testbed
(BOBCAT), 160–161
Balloon-borne Investigation of Temperature and
Speed of Electrons (BITSE), 152–153,
165, 178, 284
Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter
Telescope (BLAST), xi, 136, 185,
284, 301
Balloon-borne superconducting Spectrometer
(BESS), 24, 182
Balloon Experiment for University Students
(BEXUS), 134, 219
Balloon guidance system (BGS), 115–120
Balloon Inflation Facility (BIF), 205
Balloon Lidar Experiment (BOLIDE), 149
Balloon Observation Platform for Planetary
Science (BOPPS), 168, 317, 318
Balloon Observations Of Millimetric Extragalactic
Radiation ANd Geophysics
(BOOMERANG), 153–155, 181–184,
282, 289
Balloon Program Office (BPO), vii, 8, 9, 56, 64,
65, 69, 168, 193, 194, 197, 198, 209,
264, 265, 267, 275, 276, 281
Basler, 80
Battelle, 235, 237, 239
Bawcom, D., 198, 200, 256, 262, 267, 269, 278,
279, 303
Bernardis, P. de, 154, 182, 282, 283, 289
Berson, A., 2, 270
Beveridge, I., 92, 93
Beyond line of site (BLOS), 106
Big 60, 8, 13–15, 139, 199
Big Bill, 44, 50–52, 155
Binns, R.W., 185, 282, 313
Bloon, 108
Bloostar, 108–110
Boron and Carbon Cosmic rays in the
Upper Stratosphere (BACCUS), 187,
213, 214
Bose, R., 214
BRAIN, 112
Braun, D., 214
Brazil, xiii, 4, 83, 111, 147, 179, 222, 254, 258,
261, 263, 299
Buckley, J., 214
C
Calhoun, N., 243, 244
Calorimetric Electron Telescope (CALET),
282, 293
Campaign Manager, 72, 73, 92
Canadian Space Agency (CSA), 141, 142, 216
Carlson, P., 184
CARMEN, 47, 48, 142
Cassidy, M., 88
Cathey, H.M. Jr., 65, 279, 305
Cecil Spaceport, 98
Ceiba, 83, 140, 164, 165
Center Weather Advisory (CWA), 68
Center Weather Service Units (CWSU), 68
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 225
Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES), 33,
47–49, 83, 141, 142, 147, 172,
216–217, 222, 239, 296, 316
Cessna, 124, 259, 303, 304
CfAI, 173
Charles, J., ix, 1, 16, 270
Cherenkov Detector (CD), 187
CHErenkov Radiator Payload (CHERP), 15
Chicken Little, 83
China, 5, 113, 136, 144, 176, 303
Chlorine monoxide (ClO), 175, 252
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), 175, 252
CLAMSHELTER, 258
Clean Air Sector (CAS), 205
Clem, J.M., 283
Climate Absolute Radiance and Refractivity
Observatory (CLARREO), 145
CNIM, 33
Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility (CSBF), vii,
14, 15, 20, 37, 41–44, 49, 50, 52–56,
62, 64, 65, 68–74, 124, 125, 127, 132,
138, 155, 172, 184, 192–194, 197–199,
202, 208–210, 225, 243, 256, 266–269,
274–276, 280, 312
Command and control, 75, 76, 85, 86, 100, 192,
210, 228
Command data module (CDM), 41
Commercial world, 25, 229, 249, 253, 254
Committee on STEM Education (COSTEM), 231
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research
Organisation (CSIRO), 131, 224
Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory (CGRO),
159, 193
Compton Spectrometer and Imager (COSI), xvii,
102, 137, 166–167
Concept of Operations (CONOPS), 100
Consolidated Instrument Package (CIP), 55, 259
Copeland, P., 267
348 Index
Ball Aerospace, 95, 168, 213, 298
Balloon Array for Radiation belt
Relativistic Electron Losses
(BARREL), 36, 291
Balloon Assisted Launch System (BALS), 275
Balloon ATAL project (BATAL), 221
Balloon-borne Cryogenic Telescope Testbed
(BOBCAT), 160–161
Balloon-borne Investigation of Temperature and
Speed of Electrons (BITSE), 152–153,
165, 178, 284
Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter
Telescope (BLAST), xi, 136, 185,
284, 301
Balloon-borne superconducting Spectrometer
(BESS), 24, 182
Balloon Experiment for University Students
(BEXUS), 134, 219
Balloon guidance system (BGS), 115–120
Balloon Inflation Facility (BIF), 205
Balloon Lidar Experiment (BOLIDE), 149
Balloon Observation Platform for Planetary
Science (BOPPS), 168, 317, 318
Balloon Observations Of Millimetric Extragalactic
Radiation ANd Geophysics
(BOOMERANG), 153–155, 181–184,
282, 289
Balloon Program Office (BPO), vii, 8, 9, 56, 64,
65, 69, 168, 193, 194, 197, 198, 209,
264, 265, 267, 275, 276, 281
Basler, 80
Battelle, 235, 237, 239
Bawcom, D., 198, 200, 256, 262, 267, 269, 278,
279, 303
Bernardis, P. de, 154, 182, 282, 283, 289
Berson, A., 2, 270
Beveridge, I., 92, 93
Beyond line of site (BLOS), 106
Big 60, 8, 13–15, 139, 199
Big Bill, 44, 50–52, 155
Binns, R.W., 185, 282, 313
Bloon, 108
Bloostar, 108–110
Boron and Carbon Cosmic rays in the
Upper Stratosphere (BACCUS), 187,
213, 214
Bose, R., 214
BRAIN, 112
Braun, D., 214
Brazil, xiii, 4, 83, 111, 147, 179, 222, 254, 258,
261, 263, 299
Buckley, J., 214
C
Calhoun, N., 243, 244
Calorimetric Electron Telescope (CALET),
282, 293
Campaign Manager, 72, 73, 92
Canadian Space Agency (CSA), 141, 142, 216
Carlson, P., 184
CARMEN, 47, 48, 142
Cassidy, M., 88
Cathey, H.M. Jr., 65, 279, 305
Cecil Spaceport, 98
Ceiba, 83, 140, 164, 165
Center Weather Advisory (CWA), 68
Center Weather Service Units (CWSU), 68
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 225
Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES), 33,
47–49, 83, 141, 142, 147, 172,
216–217, 222, 239, 296, 316
Cessna, 124, 259, 303, 304
CfAI, 173
Charles, J., ix, 1, 16, 270
Cherenkov Detector (CD), 187
CHErenkov Radiator Payload (CHERP), 15
Chicken Little, 83
China, 5, 113, 136, 144, 176, 303
Chlorine monoxide (ClO), 175, 252
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), 175, 252
CLAMSHELTER, 258
Clean Air Sector (CAS), 205
Clem, J.M., 283
Climate Absolute Radiance and Refractivity
Observatory (CLARREO), 145
CNIM, 33
Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility (CSBF), vii,
14, 15, 20, 37, 41–44, 49, 50, 52–56,
62, 64, 65, 68–74, 124, 125, 127, 132,
138, 155, 172, 184, 192–194, 197–199,
202, 208–210, 225, 243, 256, 266–269,
274–276, 280, 312
Command and control, 75, 76, 85, 86, 100, 192,
210, 228
Command data module (CDM), 41
Commercial world, 25, 229, 249, 253, 254
Committee on STEM Education (COSTEM), 231
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research
Organisation (CSIRO), 131, 224
Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory (CGRO),
159, 193
Compton Spectrometer and Imager (COSI), xvii,
102, 137, 166–167
Concept of Operations (CONOPS), 100
Consolidated Instrument Package (CIP), 55, 259
Copeland, P., 267
348 Index