In support of our team’s new proposal to build and fly an upgraded version of BLAST-TNG that we call BLAST Observatory, we have published a study of the mapping speed that can be achieved this Super Pressure Balloon mission, which incorporates 8274 Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors operating at 175, 250, and 350 microns. We describe the scientific motivation, the proposed implementation, and the forecasting methods used to predict sensitivity. The reference is:
