themis/miwg#3 1 ssl, 06/15/2005 themis t ime h istory of e vents and m acroscale i nteractions...
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THEMIS/MIWG#3 1 SSL, 06/15/2005
•THEMIS•TIME HISTORY OF EVENTS AND MACROSCALE INTERACTIONS DURING SUBSTORMS
•RESOLVING THE MYSTERY OF WHERE, WHEN AND HOW AURORAL ERUPTIONS START
•THEMIS THEMIS •Mission Integration Working GroupMission Integration Working Group•University of California, BerkeleyUniversity of California, Berkeley•June 15-16, 2005June 15-16, 2005
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THEMIS/MIWG#3 2 SSL, 06/15/2005
• Coffee, and food at Silver Addition Main Entrance (outside)
• Splinter room in Silver Annex Conference
• Parking Passes, see Daniele
• Other issues, see:Vassilis Angelopoulos or Peter Harvey
Silver Addition
Samuel Silver Space Sciences Laboratory
Silver Annex
Main Conference Room
Conference Rooms
For maps, etc. go to http://www.ssl.berkeley.edu/
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THEMIS/MIWG#3 3 SSL, 06/15/2005
AGENDA Day 1
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THEMIS/MIWG#3 4 SSL, 06/15/2005
AGENDA Day 2
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THEMIS/MIWG#3 5 SSL, 06/15/2005
Name Org Phone Email
Attendance
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THEMIS/MIWG#3 6 SSL, 06/15/2005
SPACE SCIENCES LABORATORYBackground• Initiated in 1958 by Drs. Teller and Seaborg• Multidisciplinary organization• Connecting campus research to space efforts• Facility opened in 1966• New facilities added in 1998Research Efforts Involving• Balloons• Sounding rockets• Satellite instruments & science complements• Complete satellites• Mission & Science Operations• Ground Station OperationsAgencies Involved• NASA, NSF, NSBF, USAF, DOE• ESA, ISAS, IKI, PSI, etc.• $50M/yr (>90% NASA, <10% other.)
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THEMIS/MIWG#3 7 SSL, 06/15/2005
Facilities
• 55000 sq. ft. Office and Laboratory Space
• Employing 420 Scientists, Engineers, Staff
• On-Site Machine Shop
• Clean Room Facilities to Class 100
• Thermal Vacuum Facilities up to 3m diameter
• Spacecraft Integration Facility
• 4-story High Bay
• Radiation Sources Laboratory
• Mission Operations Centers
• Science Operations Centers
• 11 Meter S-Band Satellite Antenna
• Secure High Speed Communications to NASA
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THEMIS/MIWG#3 8 SSL, 06/15/2005
Operational Flight InstrumentsRHESSIFASTIMAGE FUV, WICGALEX detectorsCHIPSPolar EFIWind 3DPCluster II EFW, CISMars Global Surveyor ERROCSAT 2 - ISUALUlysses LANFUSE detectorsSOHO UVCS & SUMER detectorsKITSAT SPEAR
Under DevelopmentHUBBLE - COSSTEREO – IMPACTTHEMIS
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THEMIS/MIWG#3 9 SSL, 06/15/2005
SSL PERSONNEL
107 Scientific Researchers
133 Professional/Technical/Support Staff
150 Graduate and Undergarduate Students
SPACE PHYSICS RESEARCH GROUP (136 total personnel)
46 Scientific Researchers
25 involved in Magnetospheric Physics
46 Engineering & Technical Staff
37 Graduate & Undergraduate Students
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THEMIS/MIWG#3 10 SSL, 06/15/2005
Operations Components• Mission Operations Center• Science Operations Center• 11-meter S-Band Antenna with X-band capability• High Speed Communications to NASA Ground Network• Network Security• Autonomous Operations Pass Supports Orbit Determination & Tracking Spacecraft Command & Control Emergency Response System Self Checking
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THEMIS/MIWG#3 11 SSL, 06/15/2005
FAST: A NASA Small Explorer (SMEX)PI: Prof. Robert P. Lin UCB-SSL
• Science Package Electric Field Instruments Particle Instruments Electronics• Mission Operations• Science Operations Launched on 21 Aug 1996Mission Continuing through 2005
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THEMIS/MIWG#3 12 SSL, 06/15/2005
RAMATY HIGH ENERGY SOLAR SPECTROSCOPIC IMAGER
RHESSI: A NASA Small Explorer (SMEX)PI: Dr. Charles Carlson, UCB-SSL• Project Management• Spacecraft Bus Subcontract to Spectrum Astro• Science Package Imager Spectrometer Electronics• Launch Site Processing• Mission Operations• Science Operations• Ground Data Systems Launched February 5, 2002Mission continuing through 2006-7
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THEMIS/MIWG#3 13 SSL, 06/15/2005
Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer (CHIPS)A NASA University-Class Explorer (UNEX)
PI Dr. Mark Hurwitz UCB-SSL
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THEMIS/MIWG#3 14 SSL, 06/15/2005
TIME HISTORY OF EVENTS AND MACROSCALE INTERACTIONS DURING SUBSTORMS
THEMIS: A Middle Class Explorer (MIDEX#5)
PI: Dr. Vassilis Angelopoulos UCB-SSL• Project Management• Probes and Probe Carrier by Swales Aerospace• Mission Integration• Launch Site Processing• Science Package• Mission Operations• Science Operations• Ground Data Systems Launch: October 19, 2006Nominal Lifetime: 2 years Production Mode Development of
Flight Boards (Here: SST Front-End)
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THEMIS/MIWG#3 15 SSL, 06/15/2005
TIME HISTORY OF EVENTS AND MACROSCALE
INTERACTIONS DURING SUBSTORMS (THEMIS)
RESOLVING THE PHYSICS OF ONSET AND EVOLUTION OF SUBSTORMS
Principal InvestigatorVassilis Angelopoulos, UCB
EPO LeadNahide Craig, UCB
Project ManagerPeter Harvey, UCB
Industrial PartnerSWALES Aerospace
SCIENCE GOALS:
Primary:
“How do substorms operate?”– One of the oldest and most important
questions in Geophysics– A turning point in our understanding
of the dynamic magnetosphere
First bonus science:
“What accelerates storm-time ‘killer’ electrons?”– A significant contribution to space weather science
Second bonus science:
“What controls efficiency of solar wind – magnetosphere coupling?”– Provides global context of
Solar Wind – Magnetosphere interaction
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THEMIS/MIWG#3 16 SSL, 06/15/2005
Auroral eruptions and substorms
Auroral eruptions…
AuroraAurora
…are a manifestation ofmagnetospheric substorms
MAGNETOSPHERESO
LAR
WIN
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EQUATORIAL PLANE
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THEMIS/CCR 17 HQ, 06/02/2005
Mission elements
Probe conjunctions along Sun-Earth line recur once per 4 days over North America.
Ground based observatories completely cover North American sector; can
determine auroral breakup within 1-5s …
… while THEMIS’s space-based probes determine onset of Current Disruption and Reconnection each
within <10s.
: Ground Based Observatory
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THEMIS/CCR 18 HQ, 06/02/2005
First bonus: What producesstorm-time “killer” MeV electrons?
Affect satellites and humans in space
Source:
– Radially inward diffusion?
– Wave acceleration at radiation belt?
THEMIS:
–Tracks radial motion of electrons
•Measures source and diffusion
•Frequent crossings
–Measures E, B waves locally
ANIK telecommunicationsatellites lost for days to weeks
during space storm
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THEMIS/CCR 19 HQ, 06/02/2005
Second bonus: What controls efficiencyof solar wind – magnetosphere coupling?
Important for solar wind energy transfer in Geospace
Need to determine how:– Localized pristine solar wind features…– …interact with magnetosphere
THEMIS:
– Alignments track evolution of solar wind
– Inner probes determine entry type/size
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THEMIS/CCR 20 HQ, 06/02/2005
Nominal Launch: Launch Elements Fuel marginsLaunch Date (APG,INC) (baseline,P5->1,P5->2->1) October 19, 2006 (14.2 Re, 13.4deg) (23.4%, 13.6%, 20.7%)
9/15/2006 13 36 114 3 26 104 309.3 319.310/1/2006 12 34 112 2 24 102 310.5 320.5
10/15/2006 10 33 111 0 23 101 311.6 321.611/1/2006 8 31 109 -2 21 99 312.8 322.8
11/15/2006 7 29 108 -3 19 98 313.8 323.8
OPTIMAL APER = -10deg
0 -10LD @d(inc) @T1+1m @T2+1m @d(inc) @T1+1m @T2+1m
Launch APER= Launch APER= Launch RAP
Launch RAAN
Baseline launch elements
Near-zero goal 80<aper<110 deg goal
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THEMIS/CCR 21 HQ, 06/02/2005
Probe release 1+4
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THEMIS/CCR 22 HQ, 06/02/2005
Boom release 2 first+6 later
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THEMIS/CCR 23 HQ, 06/02/2005
Tail Season #1
Tail Season #2
Tail Season #1
Tail Season #2
Days since10/16/07
Days sinceLaunch
Days sinceLaunch
Days since10/16/07
Ascend to orbit (courtesy Sabine Frey)
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THEMIS/CCR 24 HQ, 06/02/2005
Probe alignments (courtesy Sabine Frey)
Tail Season #1 Tail Season #2
Selected launch elements meet science requirements with sufficient fuel margins