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Telesupervised Adaptive Ocean Sensor Fleet

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Description:
The TAOSF aerostat observation platform. The photo on the left shows the aerostat, which is an unmanned, lighter-than-air (LTA) unpowered blimp on a tether. Helium is used for buoyancy. The gimballed TAOSF observation platform avionics package is shown on the right. It includes a GPS, a barometric altimeter, a magnetic compass, a serial wireless data link, a wide-angle color camera, and a video transmitter.

Point of Contact:  Alberto Elfes - Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Sponsored by:  NASA Science Mission Directorate (SMD)

Additional Information:  http://estips.gsfc.nasa.gov/qc/images/1335.jpg