Citation
Barthol, P. and Gandorfer, A. and Solanki, S. K. and Schüssler, M. and Chares, B. and Curdt, W. and Deutsch, W. and Feller, A. and Germerott, D. and Grauf, B. and Heerlein, K. and Hirzberger, J. and Kolleck, M. and Meller, R. and Müller, R. and Riethmüller, T. L. and Tomasch, G. and Knölker, M. and Lites, B. W. and Card, G. and Elmore, D. and Fox, J. and Lecinski, A. and Nelson, P. and Summers, R. and Watt, A. and Martínez Pillet, V. and Bonet, J. A. and Schmidt, W. and Berkefeld, T. and Title, A. M. and Domingo, V. and Gasent Blesa, J. L. and Toro Iniesta, J. C. del and López Jiménez, A. and Álvarez Herrero, A. and Sabau Graziati, L. and Widani, C. and Haberler, P. and Härtel, K. and Kampf, D. and Levin, T. and Pérez Grande, María Isabel and Sanz Andres, Angel Pedro and Schmidt, E.
(2010).
The Sunrise Mission.
"Solar Physics", v. 268
(n. 1);
pp. 1-34.
ISSN 0038-0938.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11207-010-9662-9.
Abstract
The first science flight of the balloon-borne Sunrise telescope took place in June 2009 from ESRANGE (near Kiruna/Sweden) to Somerset Island in northern Canada. We describe the scientific aims and mission concept of the project and give an overview and a description of the various hardware components: the 1-m main telescope with its postfocus science instruments (the UV filter imager SuFI and the imaging vector magnetograph IMaX) and support instruments (image stabilizing and light distribution system ISLiD and correlating wavefront sensor CWS), the optomechanical support structure and the instrument mounting concept, the gondola structure and the power, pointing, and telemetry systems, and the general electronics architecture. We also explain the optimization of the structural and thermal design of the complete payload. The preparations for the science flight are described, including AIV and ground calibration of the instruments. The course of events during the science flight is outlined, up to the recovery activities. Finally, the in-flight performance of the instrumentation is discussed.
