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STRATEOLE-2 BALLOON FLIGHT CAMPAIGN GETS UNDERWAY...

Around the world in eight balloons with Strateole...

Strateole-2 is a French-US project supported by ESA that uses CNES superpressure balloons drifting around the globe to study the climate processes in the Tropical Tropopause Layer...

Stratéole-2 stratospheric balloons and...

CNES is commited to the 96 potential overflew contries of the intertropical zone for the security of the Stratéole-2 balloons and compliance with air regulations.

Strateole-2 balloon flight campaign launched from...

Strateole-2 is an international Earth-observation programme using stratospheric superpressure balloons being led by CNES and a consortium of research laboratories attached to CNRS...

STRATEOLE-2: the LOAC particle counter joins the...

In early February, the LOAC particle counter was delivered to the integration and test platform in Guyancourt. Its integration for the flying balloons Strateole-2 project took...

Strateole-2: Pico-SDLA, a new story for a balloon...

Pico-SDLA is one of the instruments that has the highest number of flights under open stratospheric balloons. In January 2019, "to celebrate" the 20 years of this family...

The first Strateole-2 gondola ready to perform...

The SAWfPHY, B-Bop and LOAC instruments loaded in the ZEPHYR gondola arrived for integration. These instruments will respectively perform measurements of water vapour, ozone and...

The SAWfPHY hygrometer integrated in the ZEPHYR...

On 18 January, Guyancourt's integration and testing platform began assembling the first scientific instrument in the gondola for the STRATEOLE-22 project. The SAWfPHY...

ROC2, the GPS atmospheric sounder delivered to...

The first instrument on board the ZEPHYR gondola was delivered to the Dynamic Meteorology Laboratory in autumn 2017.