The Sunrise Mission

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 briefly summarized.

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Author Barthol, Peter
Gandorfer, Achim
Solanki, Sami
Schüessler, Manfred
Chares, Bernd
Curdt, Werner
Deutsch, Werner
Feller, Alex
Germerott, Dietmar
Grauf, Bianca
Heerlein, Klaus
Hirzberger, Johann
Kolleck, Martin
Meller, Reinhard
Müeller, Reinhard
Riethmüeller, Tino
Tomasch, Georg
Knölker, Michael
Lites, Bruce
Card, Gregory
Elmore, David
Fox, Jack
Lecinski, Alice
Nelson, Peter
Summers, Richard
Watt, Andrew
Martínez Pillet, Valentin
Bonet, Jose Antonio
Schmidt, Wolfgang
Berkefeld, Thomas
Title, Alan
Domingo, Vicente
Gasent Blesa, Jose Luis
del Toro Iniesta, Jose Carlos
López Jímenez, Antonio
Álvarez-Herrero, Alberto
Sabau-Graziati, Lola
Widani, Christoph
Haberler, Peter
Härtel, Klaus
Kampf, Dirk
Levin, Thorsten
Pérez Grande, Isabel
Sanz-Andrés, Angel
Schmidt, Elke
Publisher UCAR/NCAR - Library
Publication Date 2010-11-01T00:00:00
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Metadata Date 2023-08-18T18:47:27.776965
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.opensky::articles:10327
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation Barthol, Peter, Gandorfer, Achim, Solanki, Sami, Schüessler, Manfred, Chares, Bernd, Curdt, Werner, Deutsch, Werner, Feller, Alex, Germerott, Dietmar, Grauf, Bianca, Heerlein, Klaus, Hirzberger, Johann, Kolleck, Martin, Meller, Reinhard, Müeller, Reinhard, Riethmüeller, Tino, Tomasch, Georg, Knölker, Michael, Lites, Bruce, Card, Gregory, Elmore, David, Fox, Jack, Lecinski, Alice, Nelson, Peter, Summers, Richard, Watt, Andrew, Martínez Pillet, Valentin, Bonet, Jose Antonio, Schmidt, Wolfgang, Berkefeld, Thomas, Title, Alan, Domingo, Vicente, Gasent Blesa, Jose Luis, del Toro Iniesta, Jose Carlos, López Jímenez, Antonio, Álvarez-Herrero, Alberto, Sabau-Graziati, Lola, Widani, Christoph, Haberler, Peter, Härtel, Klaus, Kampf, Dirk, Levin, Thorsten, Pérez Grande, Isabel, Sanz-Andrés, Angel, Schmidt, Elke. (2010). The Sunrise Mission. UCAR/NCAR - Library. http://n2t.net/ark:/85065/d7c53m9w. Accessed 19 June 2025.

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