EXCITE Mission: A High-Altitude Balloon Telescope Mapping Alien Worlds copertina

EXCITE Mission: A High-Altitude Balloon Telescope Mapping Alien Worlds

EXCITE Mission: A High-Altitude Balloon Telescope Mapping Alien Worlds

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The EXCITE mission is using a specialized infrared telescope carried by a high-altitude balloon to study the atmospheres of distant hot Jupiters. Floating above most of Earth’s atmosphere, the observatory can continuously monitor these exoplanets and build three-dimensional maps of their temperature structures and weather patterns.

Unlike heavily scheduled space telescopes such as the James Webb Space Telescope, EXCITE offers a cost-effective platform optimized for capturing full orbital phase curves. After a successful 2024 test flight that validated its stabilization and cooling systems, future launches over Antarctica aim to deepen our understanding of exoplanet climates and atmospheric chemistry

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