Conveners
Session 3: Small satellite missions
- Marie Dominique (ROB)
Session 3: Small satellite missions
- Marie Dominique (ROB)
Session 3: Small satellite missions
- Marie Dominique (ROB)
Session 3: Small satellite missions
- Marie Dominique (ROB)
Session 3: Small satellite missions: Session 3: Small satellite missions
- Marie Dominique (ROB)
Dr
Tom Woods
(LASP / University of Colorado)
8/28/18, 3:05 PM
Session 3: Small satellite missions, future missions and challenges
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The Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) has developed three solar science CubeSats so far and has three more planned. The first one is called the Miniature X-ray Solar Spectrometer (MinXSS, PI: T. Woods), and it is a NASA Heliophysics 3-Unit (3U) CubeSat to study the energy distribution of solar soft X-ray (SXR) emissions of the quiescent Sun, active regions, and flares, and...
Dr
Luc Damé
(LATMOS), Dr
Mustapha Meftah
(LATMOS / CNRS / Paris-Saclay University), Prof.
Philippe Keckhut
(LATMOS)
8/28/18, 3:35 PM
Session 3: Small satellite missions, future missions and challenges
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Within the past decade, satellites constellations have become possible and practical. One of the interest to use a satellites constellation is to measure the true Earth Radiation Imbalance, which is a crucial quantity for testing climate models and for predicting the future course of global warming. This measurement presents a high interest because the 2001-2010 decade has not shown the...
Dr
Eric Chassefière
(GEOPS, Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay)
8/28/18, 3:55 PM
Session 3: Small satellite missions, future missions and challenges
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MPVIEW (Multi Platform Venus Imager to Elucidate Waves) is a small multi-satellite mapping system to fully monitor and characterize waves in Venus’ atmosphere. It is deployed sequentially by a mother spacecraft initially inserted in a high apoapsis equatorial orbit during the downsizing of the initial orbit to the final orbit of observation.
To understand the angular momentum budget that...
Ms
Miriam Estefanía Cisneros González
(BIRA-IASB)
8/28/18, 4:15 PM
Session 3: Small satellite missions, future missions and challenges
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MAJIS (Moons And Jupiter Imaging Spectrometer) is an instrument part of the science payload of the ESA L-Class mission JUICE (Jupiter ICy Moons Explorer) to be launched in 2022 and arrival at Jupiter in 2030 [1]. MAJIS will perform imaging spectroscopy to analyze the chemical compounds on the surfaces of the Galilean satellites, the characterization of their exospheres, the monitoring of...
Dr
Alain Hauchecorne
(CNRS-LATMOS), Dr
Philippe Keckhut
(LATMOS)
8/28/18, 4:50 PM
Session 3: Small satellite missions, future missions and challenges
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MARTIC (Middle Atmsophere Rayleigh Temperature Instruments Constellation) is a future innovative small satellites constellation, which aims to measure the middle atmosphere temperature from the middle stratosphere to the upper mesosphere. The accurate knowledge of the atmospheric vertical temperature profile and its temporal variation remains a topic of considerable scientific and societal...
Dr
Martin Kaufmann
(Forschungszentrum Jülich)
8/28/18, 5:10 PM
Session 3: Small satellite missions, future missions and challenges
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A limb sounder utilizing a Spatial Heterodyne Spectrometer for the detection of the O2 Atmospheric A-Band is presented. This instrument is suited to fly on a 3-6 unit CubeSat. The purpose of the instrument is to measure vertical profiles of temperature in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere. A prototype version of this instrument was successfully tested on a REXUS sounding rocket by a student team.
Mr
Richard Kohnert
(CU/LASP)
8/28/18, 5:30 PM
Session 3: Small satellite missions, future missions and challenges
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Originally formed as the Upper Air Laboratory (UAL) with the charter to “determine the extent of the Earth’s atmosphere”, LASP has been engaged in space sciences for 70 years - implementing suborbital, orbital, and interplanetary space research programs. Over this period, LASP has developed full cycle mission capabilities encompassing science, mission design and management, engineering and...
Prof.
Amal Chandran
(Nanyang Technological University & LASP)
8/29/18, 9:00 AM
Session 3: Small satellite missions, future missions and challenges
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The Regional Ionosphere Mapping and Autonomous Uplink (RIMAU) mission is a constellation of six CubeSats in an equatorial orbit, making Radio Occultation (RO) measurements of the atmosphere and in-situ Ionospheric measurements to characterize the ionosphere over equatorial South-East Asia in near real time. RIMAU builds on the success of the VELOX-CI mission which carried a COTS NOVATEL GPS...
Mr
Chung-Sheng Lin
(Graduate Institute of Space Science, National Central University, Taiwan)
8/29/18, 9:30 AM
Session 3: Small satellite missions, future missions and challenges
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High accuracy attitude knowledge is a crucial requirement to achieve a successful scientific mission. A star identification algorithm [Luo et al., 2015] is selected for a low-cost in-house star tracker to minimize development cost. To maximize recognition rates, a new method considering spherical geometry is developed to align one star to the center of an image taken by the star tracker...
Mr
André LAURENS
(CNES)
8/29/18, 9:50 AM
Session 3: Small satellite missions, future missions and challenges
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Ground based low frequency radio interferometers have been developed in the last decade and are providing the scientific community with high quality observations. Conversely, current radioastronomy instruments in space have a poor angular resolution with single point observation systems. Improving the observation capabilities of the low frequency range (a few kHz to 100 MHz) requires to go to...
Dr
François Leblanc
(LATMOS/IPSL, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, UVSQ, Paris, France)
8/29/18, 10:10 AM
Session 3: Small satellite missions, future missions and challenges
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Since March 2018, we have started a CNES study of small satellite concept for the exploration of planetary magnetosphere. The main objectives of this study are to obtain a realistic concept of mission with (a) small satellite(s) in association or not with a main satellite. The small satellite(s) should provide the crucially needed multi-points information for magnetosphere exploration. As an...
Dr
Margit Haberreiter
(PMOD/WRC)
8/29/18, 10:40 AM
Session 3: Small satellite missions, future missions and challenges
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The closure of the Earth energy budget, i.e. the measurement of the difference between the incoming and outgoing radiation at the top of the Earth’s atmosphere (TOA), the Earth Energy Imbalance (EEI), is seen as a key step for improving further our understanding of global climate change. We present the EArth enerGy imbalance ExploreR (EAGER) mission concept, which is dedicated to determine the...
Mr
Nuno José Pereira
(BIRA-IASB)
8/29/18, 11:10 AM
Session 3: Small satellite missions, future missions and challenges
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The SOLAR/SOLSPEC instrument, on board the International Space Station measuring the Solar Spectral Irradiance (SSI) from the UV to the NIR has been decommissioned last February 2017. A direct consequence is that no more European instrumentation are contributing to the SSI measurement. Monitoring of the UV spectrum variability is a fundamental input for the stratospheric ozone chemistry.
Such...
Ms
Erica Lastufka
(Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz (FHNW))
8/29/18, 11:30 AM
Session 3: Small satellite missions, future missions and challenges
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The Micro Solar Flare Apparatus (MiSolFA) is a compact X-ray detector designed to be flown in a near-Earth orbit during the next solar maximum. Together, MisolFA and Solar Orbiter's STIX will be able to obtain for the first time a 3-dimensional view of X-ray emitting regions with two cross-calibrated instruments. If flare footpoints are occulted to one of the pair, they will be able to...
Dr
Luc Damé
(LATMOS/IPSL/CNRS/UVSQ)
8/29/18, 11:50 AM
Session 3: Small satellite missions, future missions and challenges
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SoSWEET-SOUP is an innovative small satellites constellation which aims to measure on complementary platforms the solar influence on climate, namely on one part solar activity and spectral variability and, on the other, the different components of the Earth radiation budget, energy input and energy re-emitted at the top of the Earth atmosphere, with a particular focus on the UV part of the...
Mr
Gautier Brunet
(ThrustMe)
8/29/18, 2:00 PM
Session 3: Small satellite missions, future missions and challenges
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Presentation of the Electric propulsion capability
Mr
Ed Stevens
(InSpace Missions)
8/29/18, 2:20 PM
Session 3: Small satellite missions, future missions and challenges
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Faraday missions are a series of spacecraft hosting technology demonstration and early service payloads in low earth orbit. The expected cadence is to launch one Faraday spacecraft every 12-18 months with Faraday-1 set for launch in June/July 2019. Faraday missions will range in size from 6U to ~100kg depending on the payloads to be manifested. The price to fly each payload depends upon the...
