GUSTO (telescope)

An artist's concept of the GUSTO mission gondola carrying the telescope, cryocoolers, and solar panels. Mass is about 2 tons.

GUSTO (Galactic / Extragalactic ULDB Spectroscopic Terahertz Observatory) is a high-altitude balloon mission that carries an infrared telescope to measure fine-structure line emission from the interstellar medium. The mission was developed by NASA's Explorers Program, and was launched on 31 December 2023 from Antarctica.[1]

  1. ^ Littleton, Olivia F. (27 February 2024). "NASA Scientific Balloons Ready for Flights Over Antarctica". NASA. Retrieved 3 August 2024. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.