Published 1985 | Version v1
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Balloon-borne video cassette recorders for digital data storage

Creators

Description

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

Additional details

Publishing Information

Imprint Title
Contributions to the 19th International Cosmic Ray Conference
Journal Page Range
vp.
Report number
NASA-CR--176060

Conference

Title
19. international cosmic ray conference.
Dates
11-23 Aug 1985.
Place
La Jolla, CA (USA).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
17056676
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference, Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
GAMMA ASTRONOMY; RECORDING SYSTEMS; TELESCOPES; VIDEO TAPES
Descriptors DEC
ASTRONOMY; MAGNETIC STORAGE DEVICES; MAGNETIC TAPES; MEMORY DEVICES