Launch preparations before the test flight

11.05.2009

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Launch preparations before the test flight

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Launch preparations before the successful Sunrise test flight, that took place in New Mexico in 2007. The helium filled balloon expands to a diameter of circa 130 meters when Sunrise reaches its operational altitude.
Image: MPS/P. Barthol.

Solar Orbiter - Erforschung der Sonne und der Heliosphäre

Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung - Sunrise

Kiepenheuer-Institut für Sonnenphysik - Correlating Wavefront Sensor

High-Altitude Observatory/University Corporation for Atmospheric Research - Sunrise

Solar Physics