Balloon-borne Large-Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (BLAST)

BLAST Data

Documentation

Mission Characteristics

Lifetime:	2005 - 2006
Wavelength:	250 µm 350 µm 500 µm
Area Coverage:	Targeted
Instruments:	The Balloon-borne Large-Aperture Sub-millimeter Telescope (BLAST) is a 2-m telescope that conducted the first wide-area (> many square degrees) sub-mm surveys at wavelengths 250--500 µm. The telescope uses a prototype of the SPIRE camera for the Herschel satellite.
Science Products Generated:	Processed map data in survey fields.