In-flight performance of the BLAST-TNG telescope platform. (arXiv:2012.01039v3 [astro-ph.IM] UPDATED)

In-flight performance of the BLAST-TNG telescope platform. (arXiv:2012.01039v3 [astro-ph.IM] UPDATED)
<a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Coppi_G/0/1/0/all/0/1">Gabriele Coppi</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Ade_P/0/1/0/all/0/1">Peter A.R. Ade</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Ashton_P/0/1/0/all/0/1">Peter C. Ashton</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Austermann_J/0/1/0/all/0/1">Jason E. Austermann</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Cox_E/0/1/0/all/0/1">Erin G. Cox</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Devlin_M/0/1/0/all/0/1">Mark J. Devlin</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Dober_B/0/1/0/all/0/1">Bradley J. Dober</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Fanfani_V/0/1/0/all/0/1">Valentina Fanfani</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Fissel_L/0/1/0/all/0/1">Laura M. Fissel</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Galitzki_N/0/1/0/all/0/1">Nicholas Galitzki</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Gao_J/0/1/0/all/0/1">Jiansong Gao</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Gordon_S/0/1/0/all/0/1">Samuel Gordon</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Groppi_C/0/1/0/all/0/1">Christopher E. Groppi</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Hilton_G/0/1/0/all/0/1">Gene C. Hilton</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Hubmayr_J/0/1/0/all/0/1">Johannes Hubmayr</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Klein_J/0/1/0/all/0/1">Jeffrey Klein</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Li_D/0/1/0/all/0/1">Dale Li</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Lourie_N/0/1/0/all/0/1">Nathan P. Lourie</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Lowe_I/0/1/0/all/0/1">Ian Lowe</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Mani_H/0/1/0/all/0/1">Hamdi Mani</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Mauskopf_P/0/1/0/all/0/1">Philip Mauskopf</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+McKenney_C/0/1/0/all/0/1">Christopher McKenney</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Nati_F/0/1/0/all/0/1">Federico Nati</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Novak_G/0/1/0/all/0/1">Giles Novak</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Pisano_G/0/1/0/all/0/1">Giampaolo Pisano</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Romualdez_L/0/1/0/all/0/1">L.Javier Romualdez</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Sinclair_A/0/1/0/all/0/1">Adrian Sinclair</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Soler_J/0/1/0/all/0/1">Juan D. Soler</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Tucker_C/0/1/0/all/0/1">Carole Tucker</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Ullom_J/0/1/0/all/0/1">Joel Ullom</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Vissers_M/0/1/0/all/0/1">Michael Vissers</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Wheeler_C/0/1/0/all/0/1">Caleb Wheeler</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Williams_P/0/1/0/all/0/1">Paul A. Williams</a>

The Next Generation Balloon-Borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope
(BLAST-TNG) was a unique instrument for characterizing the polarized
submillimeter sky at high-angular resolution. BLAST-TNG flew from the Long
Duration Balloon Facility in Antarctica in January 2020. Despite the short
flight duration, the instrument worked very well and is providing significant
information about each subsystem that will be invaluable for future balloon
missions. In this contribution, we discuss the performance of telescope and
gondola.

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