Balloon-borne video cassette recorders for digital data storage
Abstract
A high-speed, high-capacity digital data storage system has been developed for a new balloon-borne gamma-ray telescope. The system incorporates sophisticated, yet easy to use and economical consumer products: the portable video cassette recorder (VCR) and a relatively newer item - the digital audio processor. The in-flight recording system employs eight VCRs and will provide a continuous data storage rate of 1.4 megabits/sec throughout a 40 hour balloon flight. Data storage capacity is 25 gigabytes and power consumption is only 10 watts.
- Publication:
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In its Contrib. to the 19th Intern. Cosmic Ray Conf. 3 p (SEE N85-33044 21-88
- Pub Date:
- 1985
- Bibcode:
- 1985cicc.confR....A
- Keywords:
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- Balloon-Borne Instruments;
- Gamma Rays;
- Magnetic Recording;
- Spectroscopic Telescopes;
- Video Data;
- Video Tape Recorders;
- Analog To Digital Converters;
- Balloon Sounding;
- Data Converters;
- Data Storage;
- Digital Data;
- Digital Techniques;
- Video Equipment;
- Instrumentation and Photography