Title :
Investigation of cosmic ray variations due to ionospheric irregularities
Author :
Gubicza, Agnes ; Kiraly, Richard ; Bencze, Pal ; Banfalvi, Antal
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Broadband Infocommunications & Electromagn. Theor., Budapest Univ. of Technol. & Econ., Budapest, Hungary
Abstract :
This paper presents the Langmuir Probe experiment for the European Student Earth Orbiter (ESEO) satellite. The project is now after the design phase, the production of the final probe and the data collection hardware has been started. In this paper the theoretical background and the main engineering solutions will be discussed.
Keywords :
Langmuir probes; artificial satellites; cosmic rays; ionosphere; ESEO satellite; European Student Earth Orbiter satellite; Langmuir Probe experiment; cosmic ray variations; data collection hardware; ionospheric irregularities; Current measurement; Detectors; Extraterrestrial measurements; Geophysical measurements; Plasma measurements; Plasmas; Satellites;
Conference_Titel :
Space Technology (ICST), 2011 2nd International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Athens
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1874-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICSpT.2011.6064656
