Meer Instruments

Meer Instruments has been involved with the development and manufacture of solar power systems for NASA Long Duration Balloon Flights (LDBF - circumpolar) since 2022. Flights are typically launched from McMurdo Station, Antarctica, and, Alice Springs, Australia. Experiments, developed by a variety of institutions in the United States, typically obs... erve and measure astrophysical phenomena in the cosmos. Experiments 'float' on the surface of the atmosphere (~120K-130K feet) beneath large volume balloons (thin film, helium filled, 129 million cubic feet (~150meters diameter @ float)), augmenting signal strength. Power systems (see Projects ) range from 300-1.5K watts, and include all elements: arrays (in collaboration w/ SunCat Solar ), attachment hardware, charge controller, telemetry outputs, batteries, and harnesses.Read More