Title :
Auroral Spatial Structures Probe (ASSP)
Author :
Farr, Daniel ; Weston, Cameron ; Nielson, Tim ; Frazier, Crystal ; Stromberg, Erik ; Miller, Jason ; Swenson, Anthony ; Carrick, Brian ; Nelson, Weston ; Vangeison, Victoria ; Evans, Tanner ; Cox, Wade ; Byers, Ben ; Hidalgo, Julio Martin ; Perkins, Colin
Author_Institution :
Utah State Univ., Logan, UT, USA
Abstract :
The Auroral Spatial Structures Probe (ASSP) is a NASA sounding rocket mission to be launched in the late January 2015 time frame that will be used to study both the spatial and temporal small scale variation of the electric and magnetic fields during active aurora and just before the onset of an auroral sub-storm. This will be accomplished through the use of a constellation of small payloads that separate relative to each other throughout a sounding rocket flight.
Keywords :
atmospheric electricity; atmospheric techniques; aurora; ASSP; Auroral Spatial Structures Probe; NASA sounding rocket mission; active aurora; auroral substorm onset; electric field; magnetic field; small payload constellation; sounding rocket flight; spatial small scale variation; temporal small scale variation; Crystals; Magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetic separation; Magnetometers; Payloads; Probes; Rockets;
Conference_Titel :
Radio Science Meeting (USNC-URSI NRSM), 2014 United States National Committee of URSI National
Conference_Location :
Boulder, CO
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-3119-4
DOI :
10.1109/USNC-URSI-NRSM.2014.6928084
