Rowe, Samantha;
Eckersley, Steve;
Nikki, Antoniou;
Forsyth, Colin;
Wicks, Robert;
Eastwood, Jonathan;
Brown, Patrick;
... Jiggens, Piers; + view all
(2022)
ESA Nanosatellites for D3S (Distributed Space Weather Sensor System).
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Proceedings of the 4S Symposium 2022.
4S Symposium: Vilamoura, Portugal.
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Abstract
In early 2021, SSTL was selected to be the prime contractor for an ongoing 18 month ESA-funded Phase 0/A study titled “SSA P3-SWE-LIII Nanosatellites for D3S”. The objective of the study is to assess the feasibility of using nanosatellites for future operational space weather monitoring missions as part of ESA's Distributed Space Weather Sensor System (D3S). The Phase 0 study initially involved an analysis of science measurement requirements and space weather instruments as well as an analysis of recent relevant nanosatellite missions and nanosatellite technologies which could be used on future ESA D3S Nanosatellites. This was followed by an initial trade-off of a range of high-level mission architecture concepts, eventually converging down to two mission architecture concepts proposed for further analysis during the remainder of the Phase 0 study. The aim of the first mission architecture concept is to provide near-real time measurements of radiation, thermal plasma and Ionospheric neutrals/plasma, via a constellation of 20x SSTL-21 satellites. The objective of the second mission architecture concept is to provide near-real time measurements of radiation, the Ionosphere and the Thermosphere, via a constellation of 6x 16U SSTL-Cube satellites. ESA selected the second mission architecture concept to take through into the Phase A study. This paper will mainly describe the details of the Phase 0 study, as well as touching on the current status of the Phase A study.
| Type: | Proceedings paper |
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| Title: | ESA Nanosatellites for D3S (Distributed Space Weather Sensor System) |
| Event: | 4S Symposium 2022 |
| Location: | Vilamoura, Portugal |
| Dates: | 16 May 2022 - 20 May 2022 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | https://az659834.vo.msecnd.net/eventsairwesteuprod... |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Space and Climate Physics UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10150746 |
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