TARANIS — Scientific payload and mission strategy

Author

Pinçon, J. -L ; Blanc, E. ; Blelly, P.-L. ; Parrot, M. ; Rauch, J.-L. ; Savaud, J.-A. ; Séran, E.

Author_Institution

LPC2E, Univ. of Orleans, Orleans, France

fYear

2011

fDate

13-20 Aug. 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

On December 2010 the implementation phase of the TARANIS micro-satellite was authorized by the French space agency. TARANIS is dedicated to the study of impulsive transfers of energy between the Earth atmosphere and the space environment, and more precisely to the physics of the Transient Luminous Events (TLEs) and of the Terrestrial Gamma ray Flashes (TGFs). By 2015 TARANIS will provide combined Nadir observations of TLEs and TGFs, high resolution measurements of energetic electrons, and wave field measurements. The strategy adopted to maximize the scientific return of the data is presented.

Keywords

artificial satellites; atmospheric measuring apparatus; atmospheric radiation; lightning; remote sensing; sprites; AD 2010 12; Earth atmosphere-space impulsive energy transfer; French space agency; TARANIS microsatellite; TARANIS mission strategy; TARANIS scientific payload; TGF; TLE; energetic electrons; nadir observations; terrestrial gamma-ray flashes; transient luminous event physics; wave field measurements; Atmospheric measurements; Extraterrestrial measurements; Instruments; Lightning; Payloads; Satellites; Terrestrial atmosphere;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

General Assembly and Scientific Symposium, 2011 XXXth URSI

Conference_Location

Istanbul

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5117-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/URSIGASS.2011.6050938

Filename

6050938