Title :
Making SENSE: The SMC/XR space weather CubeSat demonstration
Author :
Simonds, Joseph ; Mastro, Peter ; O´Brien, David ; Sullivan, George
Author_Institution :
Dev. Planning Directorate, Space & Missile Syst. Center, El Segundo, CA, USA
Abstract :
The Development Planning Directorate of the USAF Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC/XR) finds CubeSats to have a wide range of technological and economic potential for meeting a wide variety of the Air Force´s space program requirements. SMC/XR is bridging university research and experimentation to development of practical applications for future space missions by testing CubeSat technologies in an operationally relevant demonstration.
Keywords :
aerospace instrumentation; satellite communication; SMC/XR space weather CubeSat demonstration; space missions; Extraterrestrial measurements; Force; Meteorology; Satellites; Space missions; Space vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Aerospace Conference, 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Big Sky, MT
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7350-2
DOI :
10.1109/AERO.2011.5747490
