Launch platform and Meteorology for COBO project
- Paper number
IAC-17,D2,IP,21,x41436
- Year
2017
- Abstract
The COBO project consists in a several stage rocket launched from an ultra-high altitude balloon. This balloon has to leave a payload to a determinate altitude and work as a launch platform. We present the structure and systems designed to do this task. At the same time we study the meteorological conditions that can affect our system like drifting loads that will be induced by high altitude winds during the ascent (launching) and descent (recovery) phases; proposing a prediction for the balloon-platform trajectory taking into consideration the risks of flying over semi-populated areas, as for minimizing those risks. For that purpose, the safest places to perform such tasks are being shown here in order to have a safe launch.
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