{"id":786730,"date":"2024-08-02T10:48:52","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T15:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=786730"},"modified":"2024-08-02T10:48:52","modified_gmt":"2024-08-02T15:48:52","slug":"mission-accomplished-for-the-transat-2024-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=786730","title":{"rendered":"Mission accomplished for the TRANSAT\u00a02024 campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"top\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t<i class=\"fas fa-chevron-up\"\/><span class=\"wb-inv\">Top of page<\/span>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n<!-- ***************************************************************************** -->&#13;<br \/>\n<!-- DEBUT DU CONTENU -->&#13;<br \/>\n<!-- ***************************************************************************** -->&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"row hidden-xs\">\n<figure class=\"col-md-12 mrgn-bttm-lg\"> &#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<figcaption class=\"mrgn-tp-sm small\">&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>On <time datetime=\"2024-06-22\">June\u00a022, 2024<\/time>, a stratospheric balloon preparing to launch for a transatlantic flight, from Kiruna, Sweden. (Credit: <abbr title=\"Canadian Space Agency\">CSA<\/abbr>)<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t<\/figcaption>&#13;<br \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p><time>2024-08-02<\/time><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>On <time datetime=\"2024-06-22\">June\u00a022, 2024<\/time>, as part of the TRANSAT\u00a0<time>2024<\/time> campaign, the Canadian Space Agency (<abbr>CSA<\/abbr>) and France&#8217;s Centre national d&#8217;\u00e9tudes spatiales (<abbr>CNES<\/abbr>) launched a stratospheric balloon from the Esrange Space Center, located in Kiruna, Sweden. After 11\u00a0STRATOS campaigns, this was a first for the <abbr title=\"Canadian Space Agency\">CSA<\/abbr> and <abbr title=\"Centre national d'\u00e9tudes spatiales\" lang=\"fr\">CNES<\/abbr> collaboration: the balloon was embarking on a transatlantic journey planned to end in northern Canada.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 mrgn-tp-md mrgn-bttm-md\">\n<figure class=\"wb-mltmd\">             <video data-id=\"19113\" preload=\"metadata\" title=\"Launch of the stratospheric balloon of the transatlantic - 2024 TRANSAT campaign\" poster=\"\/videos\/recherche\/19113\/thumbnails\/1-eng.jpg\">&#13;<source src=\"https:\/\/www.asc-csa.gc.ca\/videos\/recherche\/19113\/1_yvvd8dto.webm\" type=\"video\/webm\">&#13;<source src=\"https:\/\/www.asc-csa.gc.ca\/videos\/recherche\/19113\/1_kptyu2fp.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\">&#13;<br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/source><\/video>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<figcaption class=\"small mrgn-tp-sm\">&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The stratospheric balloon was launched from Kiruna Sweden during the TRANSAT\u00a0<time>2024<\/time> campaign. It embarked on a four-day journey across the Atlantic, landing on Baffin Island, Nunavut. (Credit: Swedish Space Corporation)<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                <\/figcaption>&#13;<br \/>\n            <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>    &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<\/p>\n<p>Two\u00a0FAST-funded Canadian payloads were on board: University of Toronto&#8217;s Canadian Atmospheric Laser Absorption Spectroscopy Experiment Test-bed (CALASET) sensor, aimed at taking in situ measurements of atmospheric gases; and University of Saskatchewan&#8217;s Optical Spectrograph and InfraRed Imager System\u00a03 (OSIRIS-3), that had the double objective of performing atmospheric limb retrievals of gases and aerosol as well as demonstrating a  prototype for a nanosatellite.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>After close to four days of flying at an altitude of 40\u00a0<abbr title=\"Kilometres\">km<\/abbr> over Sweden, Norway, Greenland and Canada, the balloon landed safely on Baffin Island, Nunavut. A recovery team was then deployed to retrieve the balloon, gondola and scientific experiments.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The team  worked in collaboration with Summit Helicopters\u00a0<abbr title=\"Limited\">Ltd.<\/abbr> as well as an Inuit  company from Pond Inlet, Tingmiak Baffin\u00a0<abbr title=\"Limited\">Ltd.<\/abbr>, whose expertise was instrumental in the success of the recovery operation.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-9 mrgn-tp-md\">\n<figure>&#13;<br \/>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.asc-csa.gc.ca\/images\/recherche\/\/tiles\/d317bac8-4d03-4f92-80cd-01a97ce8c219.jpg\" alt=\"The retrieval of the balloon, gondola and scientific experiments\" class=\"img-responsive\"\/>&#13;<figcaption class=\"small mrgn-tp-sm\">&#13;<\/p>\n<p>A team is present in Nunavut (Baffin Island) to retrieve the balloon, gondola and scientific experiments. (Credit: <abbr title=\"Canadian Space Agency\">CSA<\/abbr>)<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n                <\/figcaption>&#13;<br \/>\n            <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>     &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>On top of the technical achievement, this first transatlantic flight confirmed the versatility of the zero-pressure balloon. The longer duration of these flights offers a unique environment to perform scientific experiments at low cost, while giving training opportunities and hands-on experience to the next generation of space researchers.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<section>&#13;<\/p>\n<h2>Explore further<\/h2>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\t&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n<!-- ***************************************************************************** -->&#13;<br \/>\n<!-- FIN DU CONTENU -->&#13;<br \/>\n<!-- ***************************************************************************** -->&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"pagedetails\">\n<dl id=\"wb-dtmd\">&#13;<\/p>\n<dt>Date modified: <\/dt>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<dd><time property=\"dateModified\">2024-08-02<\/time><\/dd>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asc-csa.gc.ca\/eng\/news\/articles\/2024\/2024-08-02-mission-accomplished-for-the-transat-2024-campaign.asp?rand=771661\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; Top of page&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13;&#13; &#13; On June\u00a022, 2024, a stratospheric balloon preparing to launch for a transatlantic flight, from Kiruna, Sweden.&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":786731,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-786730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-CSA"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=786730"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786730\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/786731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=786730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=786730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=786730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}