GB/T 46181-2025General requirements of use for tethered balloon (English PDF)
系留气球使用通用要求
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Issued by
SAMR; SAC
Level / Type
National · Recommended
Issue date
August 29, 2025
Implementation date
December 1, 2025
Scope
GB/T 46181-2025 is the English-translated version of 系留气球使用通用要求.
GB/T 46181-2025 is the Chinese national standard covering operating a tethered balloon rather than building one — the site and the clearances, the gas handling and the inflation, the crew and their duties, the weather limits and the decision to haul down, the mooring, and the inspection intervals on tether and envelope. First edition, with the balloon specification GB/T 46085-2025 and the wind resistance standard GB/T 46102-2025. In force from 1 December 2025. Issued on 29 August 2025, it has been in force since 1 December 2025.
Document preview — GB/T 46181-2025
National Standard of the People's Republic of China
- ICS
- 49.020
- Classification
- V 04
Issued by: State Administration for Market Regulation; Standardization Administration of the PRC
Contents
- PrefaceIII
- 1 Scope1
- 2 Normative References1
- 3 Terms and Definitions1
- 4 General Rules1
- 4.1 Components1
- 4.2 Usage Procedure1
- 4.3 Site and Environment2
- 4.4 Airspace2
- 4.5 Safety2
- 4.6 Random Files2
- 4.7 Support Equipment and Materials3
- 5 Using the program3
- 5.1 Pre-launch checks3
- 5.2 Takeoff4
- 5.3 Aerial mooring5
- 5.4 Recycling5
- 5.5 Post-recovery inspection5
- 5.6 Anchoring5
- 6 Inspection and Maintenance 5.5
- 6.1 Inspection and Maintenance Methods5
- 6.2 Daily Inspection and Maintenance6
- 6.3 Monthly Inspection and Maintenance7
- 6.4 Semi-annual Inspection and Maintenance9
- 6.5-year inspection and maintenance9
- 7 Record data 9.9
- 7.1 Basic Requirements9
- 7.2 Types and Contents of Records9
- Appendix A (Informative) Composition of a Tethered Balloon System11
- A.1 Sphere Structure Subsystem11
- A.2 Power Supply Subsystem11
- A.3 Telemetry and Control Subsystem11
- A.4 Mooring Cable Subsystem11
- A.5 Lightning Protection Subsystem11
- A.6 Pressure Regulation Subsystem11
- A.7 Anchorage Subsystem11
- A.8 Lift-up and Recovery Subsystem11
Foreword
This document complies with the provisions of GB/T 1.1-2020 "Standardization Work Guidelines Part 1: Structure and Drafting Rules of Standardization Documents". Drafting.
Please note that some content in this document may involve patents. The issuing organization of this document assumes no responsibility for identifying patents.
This document was proposed and is under the jurisdiction of the National Aircraft Standardization Technical Committee (SAC/TC435).
This document was drafted by: China Special Aircraft Research Institute, Aerospace Information Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Hubei Provincial Standardization and Quality...
Research Institute, Beijing Aerospace High Technology Co., Ltd., China Aeronautical Integrated Technology Research Institute.
The main drafters of this document are: Zhang Ping, Sun Na, Xie Yufan, Zhang Hua, Zhang Weisi, Tao Wei, Liu Lili, Liu Wu, Kang Peifang, Wan Rong, and Wang Daguang.
Wu Yan, Zhang Duo, Chen Chaoqun, Cai Jingjing, Ren Haitao.
General requirements for the use of tethered balloons
1 Scope
This document specifies the general rules, procedures, inspection and maintenance, and record keeping for the use of tethered balloons.
This document applies to the use of tethered balloons in their fully assembled state.
2 Normative references
GB/T 43328
3 Terms and Definitions
The terms and definitions defined in GB/T 43328 apply to this document.
4 General Rules
4.1 Composition
A tethered balloon typically consists of three parts. the balloon body, the tethering cable, and the mooring equipment. The balloon body is the mission equipment or mounting material.
The device provides spatial hovering capability, the mooring cable provides optical and electrical channels for the connection between the on-board equipment and the ground equipment, and the anchoring equipment provides...
A device is provided to enable tethered balloons to be anchored, moored in the air, launched, and recovered.
Tethered balloons are classified into several subsystems. sphere structure subsystem, power supply subsystem, telemetry and control subsystem, and tether cable subsystem.
The lightning protection subsystem, pressure regulation subsystem, mooring subsystem, and aerial recovery subsystem are detailed in Appendix A.
4.2 Usage Procedure
The general procedure for using tethered balloons consists of six stages. pre-launch inspection, launch, in-flight tethering, recovery, post-recovery inspection, and anchoring.
When the document's usage process differs from the specific product's usage process, some processes can be simplified based on the actual situation and usage requirements of the specific product.
Alternatively, they can be combined; the usage process is shown in Figure 1.
Note. Before the tethered balloon performs its launch mission, ensure that the mission payload system and the tethered balloon have completed joint testing and that the mission payload system is functioning normally.
Figure 1.Flowchart of tethered balloon usage
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Referenced standards
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| Edition | Title | Revision | Status |
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| GB/T 46181-2025 | General requirements of use for tethered balloon | current edition | Current |
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