Swedish Space Corporation (SSC), 134, 136
Systeme D’Analyse par Observation Zenithale
(SAOZ), 146
T
Technology readiness level (TRL), 81, 92
Termination, 38, 41, 54, 61, 62, 68, 72, 75–78,
123, 130, 138, 151, 167, 172, 199, 223,
225, 261–263, 265, 267, 303, 339
Thales Alenia, 107, 108, 220
The Boss, 51, 53
The Taiki Aerospace Research Field (TARF), 143
Thunderhead, 102, 103, 192
Tiger, 155, 181, 185, 282, 293
Tillamook, 141
Timing Charge Detector (TCD), 187
Timmins, 141–142
Timmins Stratospheric Balloon Base (TSBB),
141, 172, 216
Tiny Tim, x, xiv, 49–51, 258, 262, 263
Tomsick, J., xvii
Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System
(TDRSS), 22, 43, 53–56, 62, 150, 157,
260, 264
Trajectory control, 60, 61, 75, 76, 91, 93, 114,
117, 120, 253
Transition Radiation Detector (TRD), 187
Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM), 146
TRO-Pico, 222
Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES), 194
Turgeon, S., 105
U
Ultra High Altitude Balloon (UHAB), 13–16, 139
Ultra Long Duration, 4, 9, 22–25, 114, 186, 224,
265, 340, 342
Ultra Thin Films, 13, 34–36
University of Alaska, 238
University of California, ix, xii, xvii, 127, 180,
184, 284, 286, 287, 294, 295
University of Colorado, 56, 57, 177, 178, 212,
213, 241–243, 274
University of Nebraska, 240–241
University of Wyoming (UW), 213, 235–237
Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), 105, 269
Upper Atmosphere Research (UAR), 265, 266
U.S. Air Force, 99, 223, 256, 272, 279
U.S. Antarctic Program (USAP), 78, 131, 132,
157, 199, 200, 202, 306
U.S. Navy, 99, 127, 128, 133, 141, 162–164, 208,
256, 272, 301
UTIAS, 173
V
Vega, 314, 315
Vernier, J.P., 176, 297
Virginia Diodes, 168, 213, 298
von Braun, W., 300
von Ehrenfried, M., v, 344
von Zeppelin, F., 1
W
Walan, A.M.G., 228
Walker, C.K., xvii, 168, 227, 298
Wallops Arc Second Pointer (WASP), 56–58, 63,
159, 177, 342
Wallops Flight Facility (WFF), vii, xviii, 9, 14, 15,
22, 31, 44, 50, 52, 53, 58, 62, 65, 66,
68, 69, 71, 124, 127, 148, 155, 159,
177, 192–194, 196–198, 208, 209, 260,
266, 267, 275, 276, 279, 281
Wanaka, 19–23, 102, 123, 136–138, 167, 169,
173, 194, 197, 268
West, A., 214
White, W., 226
White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), 302
Wilkie, J., xviii
Wilkinson, D., 159, 193, 289, 298, 299
Williams Field, 4, 51, 53, 65, 69, 132, 180,
267, 306
Winds Aloft Sensor (WAS), 227
Winker, J.A., 273, 274
Winzen, O., 30, 99
Winzen, V., 30
Woolie, M., xviii
Wooten, C., 214
Work Horse 40, 22, 133
World Meteorological Organization (WMO), 68,
205–206
World View, 5, 6, 25, 26, 32, 40, 67, 89–96, 99,
139, 140, 191, 192, 254
Y
Yoshida, T., 299
Yost, Ed, 2
Z
Zero 2 Infinity, 108–110, 220
Zero pressure, 8–16, 22, 25, 31, 34, 37, 44, 60,
103, 133, 148, 161, 187, 219, 245, 259,
261–263, 279, 340
Zober, W., 214
Zodiac, 40, 41, 142, 172
Zucchelli, M., 112
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