TIFR to launch 10 balloon flights for various scientific studies, including pollution
The
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) will launch 10 balloon flights
with the help of ISRO and the Department of Atomic Energy for various
scientific studies, including pollution.
The
balloon flights will carry scientific instruments for research at high
altitudes and will be launched from Hyderabad for scientific purposes from
November 15 to April 30, 2017.
In
a statement, TIFR's scientist-in-charge B Suneel Kumar said that the balloons
are expected to reach heights between 30 km and 42 km depending upon the
experiments being undertaken.
The
balloons are made of twin (Polyethylene) plastic films, ranging in diameters
from 50 metres to 85 metres and normally launched between 2000 hrs and 0630
hours.
The
instruments will be kept at these heights for periods ranging from a few to 10
hours and then they will be released from the balloon. After release, the
instruments will come down to ground on large coloured parachutes.
The
balloon drifts will be on the Visakhapatnam-Hyderabad- Sholapur line, in the
areas of AP, North Karnataka and Maharashtra states, he said.
He
appealed people those who find the parachute and instruments not to remove them
from its place of landing and to telephone or send message to the address given
on various packages.
"They
are also requested to contact the nearest Police Station, Post Office and
district authorities about the finding. Instruments are kept inside wooden
cages or large aluminum framework/containers for safety."The instruments
are extremely sensitive and valuable, scientific data will be lost if they are
tampered. There may be high voltages on some of the instruments, which will be
dangerous, but only if the instruments are opened, up," he said.
Regards
Pralhad
Jadhav
Senior
Manager @ Library
Khaitan
& Co
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