Study on the Venusian atmosphere by a circumpolar stratospheric telescope

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24244076
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Space and upper atmospheric physics
• Research Institution: Rikkyo University
• Principal Investigator: TAGUCHI Makoto 立教大学, 理学部, 教授 (70236404)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): YOSHIDA Kazuya 東北大学, 大学院工学研究科, 教授 (00191578) ; SAKAMOTO Yuji 東北大学, 大学院工学研究科, 助教 (50431523) ; TAKAHASHI Yukihiro 北海道大学, 大学院理学系研究院, 教授 (50236329) ; WATANABE Makoto 北海道大学, 大学院理学系研究院, 特任助教 (10450181) ; SHOJI Yasuhiro 大阪大学, 大学院工学研究科, 助教 (70582774)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 極地 / 航空宇宙工学 / リモートセンシング / 惑星 / 大気

Outline of Final Research Achievements

A balloon-borne telescope system FUJIN lifted up in the Arctic stratosphere has been developed for a long-term continuous observation of planetary atmospheres and plasmas. FUJIN-1 which was a domestic balloon experiment in order to verify techniques of high-precision attitude control and pointing of a target planet was cancelled twice because of a bad weather condition and an accident in the balloon control system. However, the purpose of FUJIN-1 has been accomplished by ground-based prelaunch tests, and development of FUJIN-2 was started aiming at a long-duration flight in the Arctic. In the future a 1-meter class circumpolar stratospheric telescope will be operated as a quasi-permanent platform in the environment without atmospheric turbulent as ground-based and satellite telescopes.

Free Research Field

惑星大気物理学