Computer Science – Sound
Scientific paper
Dec 2009
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009agufmsm33c1580b&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2009, abstract #SM33C-1580
Computer Science
Sound
[2400] Ionosphere, [2411] Ionosphere / Electric Fields, [2494] Ionosphere / Instruments And Techniques
Scientific paper
The electric field double probe has been successfully used on a number of space platforms including sounding rockets and satellites of various sizes for observing electric fields in the ionosphere. We present a review of the suitability of this technique for the 10x10x15 cm CubeSat form factor. The major issue of concern is the small surface area of the sensors which can be deployed from a CubeSat as well as the correspondingly small return surface area of the CubeSat bus. Another issue of importance is the overall sensitivity of the measurement due to various in sensor and spacecraft surface work function as well as requirements on attitude determination such the magnetic induction field due to the spacecraft motion can be identified. We present an end to end simulation of the instrument electronics including the non-linear interaction with the space plasma. This simulation is verified with double probe data from the NASA STORMS sounding rocket, 36.218, was launched at 00:10 LT on October 30, 2007 into a mid-latitude spread-F condition over Wallops Island.
Burr Susan
Hui David
Pratt Jon
Swenson Craig
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