Thermal validation of a balloon-borne infrared telescope (EXCITE) using test flight measurement data and TAITherm
EXCITE (the EXoplanet Climate Infrared TElescope) is a balloon-borne telescope designed to study atmospheres around exoplanets and other worlds beyond our own solar system. Led by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, EXCITE aims to collect infrared sensor data observed during circumpolar long-duration scientific balloon...