<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The technical details of a balloon stratospheric mission that is aimed at measuring the Schumann resonances are described. The gondola is designed specifically for the measuring of faint effects of ELF (Extremely Low Frequency electromagnetic waves) phenomena. The prototype met the design requirements. The ELF measuring system worked properly for entire mission; however, the level of signal amplification that was chosen taking into account ground-level measurements was too high. Movement of the gondola in the Earth magnetic field induced the signal in the antenna that saturated the measuring system. This effect will be taken into account in the planning of future missions. A large telemetry dataset was gathered during the experiment and is currently under processing. The payload consists also of biological material as well as electronic equipment that was tested under extreme conditions.</p></abstract>

The technical details of a balloon stratospheric mission that is aimed at measuring the Schumann resonances are described. The gondola is designed specifically for the measuring of faint effects of ELF (Extremely Low Frequency electromagnetic waves) phenomena. The prototype met the design requirements. The ELF measuring system worked properly for entire mission; however, the level of signal amplification that was chosen taking into account ground-level measurements was too high. Movement of the gondola in the Earth magnetic field induced the signal in the antenna that saturated the measuring system. This effect will be taken into account in the planning of future missions. A large telemetry dataset was gathered during the experiment and is currently under processing. The payload consists also of biological material as well as electronic equipment that was tested under extreme conditions.

The design and the performance of stratospheric mission in the search for the Schumann resonances

Electronics and Telecommunications, Institute of Electronics, Faculty of Computer Science

, European Space Agency, Advanced Concepts Team, Noordwijk, The

Wrocław University of Science and Technology

Technical Transactions

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The technical details of a balloon stratospheric mission that is aimed at measuring the Schumann resonances are described. The gondola is designed specifically...

The design and the performance of stratospheric mission in the search for the Schumann resonances

Publié en ligne: 29 mai 2020

Pages: 233 - 242

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/2353737XCT.17.204.7433

Mots clés
The Schumann resonances, ELF (Extremely Low Frequencies), balloon mission

© 2017 Arkadiusz Papaj et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The design and the performance of stratospheric mission in the search for the Schumann resonances

Publié en ligne: 29 mai 2020

Pages: 233 - 242

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/2353737XCT.17.204.7433

Mots clésThe Schumann resonances, ELF (Extremely Low Frequencies), balloon mission

© 2017 Arkadiusz Papaj et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
The Schumann resonances, ELF (Extremely Low Frequencies), balloon mission