G2  New Application of SmallSat Sensors in Space

Wednesday, January 9  10:20-12:00  Room 151

Session Chairs:  Paul Bernhardt, Rebecca Bishop

10:20  G2-1  THE LOW-LATITUDE IONOSPHERE/THERMOSPHERE ENHANCEMENTS IN DENSITY (LLITED) MISSION

Rebecca L. Bishop*1, James H. Clemmons2, Aroh Barjatya3, Richard L. Walterscheid1

1The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA
2University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
3Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL


10:40  G2-2  UTILIZING GNSS RADIO OCCULTATION SENSORS ON SPACE WEATHER CUBESAT MISSIONS

Rebecca L. Bishop*

The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA


11:00  G2-3  COMPOSITION OF THE TOPSIDE IONOSPHERE DETERMINED FROM PLASMA WAVE MEASUREMENTS USING THE RADIO RECEIVER INSTRUMENT ON E-POP

Paul A. Bernhardt*1, Michael K. Griffin2, William C. Bougas2, A D. Howarth3, Gordon James3

1Plasma Physics, NRL, Washington, DC
2Space Systems and Technology, MIT/Lincoln Laboratory, Lesington, MA
3Physics and Astronomy, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, CANADA


11:20  G2-4  SPACE- AND GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENTS OF RADIATION BELT PRECIPITATION: EXTENDING THE CAPABILITIES OF CUBESATS AND RADARS

Diana Juarez Madera*1, Sigrid Close1, Alexander Crew2, Robert Marshall3

1Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
2Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MD
3Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO


11:40  G2-5  CYGNSS: GLOBAL REMOTE SENSING WITH A CONSTELLATION OF SMALL SATELLITES

Scott Gleason*1, Chris Ruf2, Dorina Twigg2, Charles Bussy-Virat2, Aaron Ridley2, Kyle Nave3

1UCAR, Boulder
2University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
3Applied Defence Solutions, Denver