HR: 08:15h
AN: SM51C-02 INVITED     [Abstracts]
TI: The Space Environment Sensor Suite for NPOESS
AU: * Rodriguez, J V
EM: jrodrigu@ball.com
AF: Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., PO Box 1062, Boulder, CO 80306-1062 United States
AU: Eastman, K W
EM: keastman@ball.com
AF: Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., PO Box 1062, Boulder, CO 80306-1062 United States
AU: Eraker, J H
EM: jeraker@ball.com
AF: Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., PO Box 1062, Boulder, CO 80306-1062 United States
AU: Belue, J
EM: jbelue@ball.com
AF: Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., PO Box 1062, Boulder, CO 80306-1062 United States
AU: Citrone, P
EM: pcitrone@ball.com
AF: Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., PO Box 1062, Boulder, CO 80306-1062 United States
AU: Bloom, J D
EM: jbloom@ball.com
AF: Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., PO Box 1062, Boulder, CO 80306-1062 United States
AU: Christensen, T E
EM: tom.christensen@ngc.com
AF: Northrop Grumman Space Technology, One Space Park, Redondo Beach, CA 90278 United States
AU: Talmadge, S
EM: sam.talmadge@ngc.com
AF: Northrop Grumman Space Technology, One Space Park, Redondo Beach, CA 90278 United States
AU: Ubhayakar, S K
EM: shiva.ubhayakar@ngc.com
AF: Northrop Grumman Space Technology, One Space Park, Redondo Beach, CA 90278 United States
AU: Denig, W F
EM: William.Denig@hanscom.af.mil
AF: Space Vehicles Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Hanscom AFB, MA 01731 United States
AB: The Space Environment Sensor Suite (SESS) is a set of instruments of the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) that takes measurements to produce space environment data products. The SESS includes a complement of instruments that provide in-situ data on particles, fields, aurora, and the ionosphere. The SESS team consists of the NPOESS Integrated Program Office (IPO), Northrop Grumman Space Technology (NGST) -- the prime contractor for NPOESS, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. (BATC) -- lead systems integrator for SESS, key instrument/algorithm suppliers, and the science community advisors who represent the future users of SESS data products. This team has developed a baseline design and constellation that address the NPOESS requirements for the SESS-specific in-situ Environmental Data Records (EDRs). These EDRs are allocated to a Thermal Plasma Sensor (TPS), a Low Energy Particle Sensor (LEPS), a Medium Energy Particle Sensor (MEPS), and a High Energy Particle Sensor (HEPS) that are distributed on the multi-orbit NPOESS system architecture to satisfy the user community's performance and coverage needs. This paper will present details on the SESS sensors, the architecture and its expected performance.
DE: 2494 Instruments and techniques
DE: 2794 Instruments and techniques
DE: 7900 SPACE WEATHER
SC: SPA-Magnetospheric Physics [SM]
MN: Fall Meeting 2005