AbstractThe SMESE (SMall Explorer for Solar Eruptions) mission is a microsatellite proposed by France and China. The payload of SMESE consists of three packages: LYOT (a Lyman α imager and a Lyman α coronagraph), DESIR (an Infra-red Telescope working at 35–80 and 100–250μm), and HEBS (a High Energy Burst Spectrometer working in X- and gamma-rays).The scientific objectives of the mission are shortly presented. We describe the three instrumental packages and the profile of the mission which accommodates them. With a launch around 2012–2013, the SMESE microsatellite mission will provide a unique tool for detecting and understanding eruptions (flares and coronal mass ejections). Observations should start around solar maximum, and continue in the declining phase of activity, at a time when the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) should still be operating.


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    Title :

    SMESE (SMall Explorer for Solar Eruptions): A microsatellite mission with combined solar payload


    Contributors:
    Vial, J.-C. (author) / Auchère, F. (author) / Chang, J. (author) / Fang, C. (author) / Gan, W.Q. (author) / Klein, K.-L. (author) / Prado, J.-Y. (author) / Rouesnel, F. (author) / Sémery, A. (author) / Trottet, G. (author)

    Published in:

    Advances in Space Research ; 41 , 1 ; 183-189


    Publication date :

    2007-07-03


    Size :

    7 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English





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