This is a time lapse movie taken with a point-and-shoot digital camera mounted to the frame of the payload during the pGAPS flight on June 3rd. 2012 in Taiki, Japan.
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Launch day
The final launch preparations started at 10pm. The detectors were driven cold using the ground cooling approach with Nitrogen. During this period check-out tests with X-ray tube and atmospheric muons […]
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pGAPS team before the launch: front row (left to right): T. Aramaki, C. Hailey, H. Fuke, D. Stefanik, Nakamura, N. Bando back row (left to right): I. Mognet, K. Perez, […]
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View of the launch base at sunset: The left side shows the hangar where the balloon will be filled and the right side shows the operation building with the payload […]
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The experiment also survived the next trip by truck to Japan’s most northern island Hokkaido without problems. The Taiki base is in operation for balloon flights since 2008 and is […]
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