Iterative Design of a High-Altitude Balloon Payload for Interplanetary Dust Particle Collection

dc.contributor.advisor	Bowden, Mary
dc.contributor.author	Takeuchi, Akemi
dc.date.accessioned	2026-05-07T19:04:37Z
dc.date.issued	2026
dc.description.abstract	High-altitude weather balloons offer a low-cost, reliable platform for reaching the stratosphere, where extraterrestrial material can be collected before significant terrestrial contamination. CATITO (Cosmic-Atmospheric Terrestrial Identification of Trapped Objects) is a balloon payload designed to collect Interplanetary Dust Particles (IDPs) on such high-altitude balloon (HAB) platforms. This paper presents the design and performance of two different flown iterations of CATITO. Following the engineering design analysis, this paper briefly discusses the implications of the collected samples.
dc.identifier	https://doi.org/10.13016/sggc-xwui
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1903/35289
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States	en
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/
dc.subject	Interplanetary Dust Particles
dc.subject	High Altitude Weather Ballon
dc.subject	Dust Collection
dc.title	Iterative Design of a High-Altitude Balloon Payload for Interplanetary Dust Particle Collection
dc.type	Thesis

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