The change from an intermediate mission (cost ceiling of $300 million) to a solar-terrestrial probe class mission (cost ceiling of $150 million) will require some major changes in the configuration of the IMI mission. One option being considered is to move to a small spin-stabilized spacecraft (with no despun platform) which could be launched with a smaller Taurus or Conestoga class booster. Such a change in spacecraft type would not present any fundamental problems (other than restrictions on mass and power) for the He plus 304 A plasmasphere imager, the high and low energy neutral atom imagers, and the geocoronal imager, but would present a challenge for the FUV auroral imager since the original plan called for this instrument to operate from a despun platform. Since the FUV instrument is part of the core payload it cannot be dropped from the instrument complement without jeopardizing the science goals of the mission. A way must be found to keep this instrument and to allow it to accomplish most, if not all, of its science objectives. One of the subjects discussed are options for building an FUV instrument for a spinning spacecraft. Since a number of spinning spacecraft have carried auroral imagers, a range of techniques exists. In addition, the option of flying the FUV imager on a separate micro-satellite launched with the main IMI spacecraft or with a separate pegasus launch, was considered and is discussed.


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    Titel :

    Far Ultraviolet (FUV) Auroral Imager for the Inner Magnetospheric Imager (IMI) Mission: Options


    Beteiligte:
    G. R. Wilson (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1993


    Format / Umfang :

    5 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch





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