NASA NTRS · 19850024737
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.
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Althouse, W. E., Cook, W. R.. 1985-01-01. Balloon-borne video cassette recorders for digital data storage. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19850024737
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