The Winds-Ions-Neutral Composition Suite (WINCS)

Details The Winds-Ions-Neutral Composition Suite (WINCS) The Winds-Ions-Neutral Composition Suite (WINCS)

Dec 2010

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010agufmsa11a1563n&link_type=abstract

American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2010, abstract #SA11A-1563

Physics

[0355] Atmospheric Composition And Structure / Thermosphere: Composition And Chemistry, [0394] Atmospheric Composition And Structure / Instruments And Techniques, [2400] Ionosphere, [7900] Space Weather

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The Winds-Ions-Neutral Composition Suite (WINCS) instrument was designed and developed jointly by the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) for ionosphere-thermosphere investigations in orbit between 120 and 550 km altitude. The three WINCS instruments are: the Wind and Temperature Spectrometer WTS, the Ion-Drift and ion temperature Spectrometer IDS, and the Neutral and Ion Mass Spectrometer NMS/IMS. The WINCS design provides the following measurements in a single package with a low Size, Weight, and Power (SWaP): 7.6 x 7.6 x 7.1 cm outer dimensions, 0.75 kg total mass, and <1 Watt total power: neutral winds, neutral temperature, neutral density, neutral composition, ion drifts, ion temperature, ion density and ion composition. This paper will provide an overview of the WINCS design.

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