The Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP): Using A Fundamental Physics Mission to Support Practical Applications

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Dec 2010

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American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2010, abstract #SM54A-01

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

[7924] Space Weather / Forecasting, [7954] Space Weather / Magnetic Storms, [7974] Space Weather / Solar Effects, [7984] Space Weather / Space Radiation Environment

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This presentation provides an overview of the Living With a Star (LWS) Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) mission and its planned contributions to space weather activities. The RBSP mission targets Earth’s space radiation belts that comprise multiple components of high energy, penetrating charged particles. These belts are hazardous to spacecraft and astronauts alike and are controlled by dynamic processes that govern particle radiation mechanisms occurring throughout the universe. The two RBSP spacecraft will make measurements in low-inclination, elliptical, lapping orbits around the Earth to quantify mechanisms for energetic particle acceleration, transport, and loss in space environments. The RBSP instrument investigations provide the measurements needed to characterize and quantify the processes that supply and remove energetic particles from the Earth's Van Allen radiation belts. The radiation belts are now part of our technology infrastructure, and if we can understand them, we can improve our mission planning, spacecraft operation and system design, and replace average or worst case design assumptions by actual values of solar cycle radiation. Space weather forecasting ideally requires specification and prediction of impacts on satellite operations. The RBSP spacecraft will characterize the space environment and also provide satellite state of health data, thereby providing a great opportunity to study the spacecraft interaction with the local space environment. In addition to the space weather modeling efforts, the RBSP mission will provide real-time support for the user community. The spacecraft will broadcast real-time space weather data which will be used for monitoring and analyzing current environmental conditions, anomaly resolution and to forecast natural environmental changes.

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