Speakers
Description
Timely radiation environment data are increasingly critical for satellite design, operations, and resilience. ASRO and ESI present a commercial pathway to scalable space weather observations, starting with a Low Earth Orbit demonstration on ESI’s mission carrying ASRO’s Relativistic Electron and Proton Experiment (REPE). The payload suite also includes complementary third-party sensors: a Langmuir probe for in-situ plasma density, a magnetometer for local magnetic field measurements, and an additional dosimeter for dose tracking. REPE provides compact, flight-heritage particle measurements (electrons and protons in the keV–MeV ranges) suitable for nanosatellite platforms and rapid constellation deployment. While ASRO’s broader radiation monitor family enables comprehensive coverage, the initial flight focuses on charged-particle data; additional instruments are planned for future increments.
The poster will outline, at a high level: (i) REPE performance characteristics relevant to commercial and agency users; (ii) the ASRO–ESI demonstration concept for near-real-time data delivery; and (iii) a roadmap from a single-payload pathfinder to a scalable multi-instrument service. We will also sketch data products and access models (standardized interfaces, flexible licensing) that complement public assets and enable faster adoption across forecasting, anomaly investigation, and model development.
ASRO and ESI are actively seeking partners and new commercial customers interested in reliable, continuously updated space weather datasets. We invite discussions on mission hosting, data subscriptions, and integration with existing service chains.
