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Space Weather Effects from Observations by Moscow University Cubesat Constellation. / Bogomolov, Andrey V.; Bogomolov, Vitaliy V.; Iyudin, Anatoly F. et al.
In: Universe, Vol. 8, No. 5, 282, 05.2022.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Space Weather Effects from Observations by Moscow University Cubesat Constellation
AU - Bogomolov, Andrey V.
AU - Bogomolov, Vitaliy V.
AU - Iyudin, Anatoly F.
AU - Eremeev, Valery E.
AU - Kalegaev, Vladimir V.
AU - Myagkova, Irina N.
AU - Osedlo, Vladislav I.
AU - Petrov, Vasiliy L.
AU - Peretjat’ko, Oleg Y.
AU - Prokhorov, Mikhail I.
AU - Svertilov, Sergey I.
AU - Zaiko, Yury K.
AU - Yashin, Ivan V.
AU - Prokop’ev, Vitaliy Y.
AU - Styuf, Aleksey S.
AU - Krasnopeev, Sergey V.
AU - Papkov, Aleksandr P.
N1 - Funding Information: This research has been supported by the Interdisciplinary Scientific and Educational School of Moscow University «Fundamental and Applied Space Research». Publisher Copyright: © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
PY - 2022/5
Y1 - 2022/5
N2 - Moscow State University is developing a project for a multi‐satellite constellation in-tended for the monitoring of space radiation. A number of small satellites of CubeSat format were launched into selected orbits crossing the wide range of magnetic drift shells. The primary scope for the project is the operational monitoring of near‐Earth’s radiation environment, i.e., fluxes of electrons and protons of Earth’s radiation belts and energetic particles of solar and galactic origin. To date, there are four CubeSat satellites operating in near‐Earth orbits, which deliver scientific and telemetric data. Thus, for the first time, a unique multi‐satellite constellation has been implemented, which makes it possible to simultaneously measure the particle and quantum fluxes at different areas in the near‐Earth space using the same type of instruments. A special compact detector of gamma quanta and energetic charged particles (electrons and protons) DeCoR has been developed to carry out radiation monitoring by CubeSats. With their help, observations of various effects of space weather have been made. These effects include a variety of electron fluxes in the outer belt during geomagnetic activity in late November–early December 2021, filling of polar caps by solar energetic particles accelerated in flares occurring in late October–early November, and the existence of stable electron fluxes near the geomagnetic equator.
AB - Moscow State University is developing a project for a multi‐satellite constellation in-tended for the monitoring of space radiation. A number of small satellites of CubeSat format were launched into selected orbits crossing the wide range of magnetic drift shells. The primary scope for the project is the operational monitoring of near‐Earth’s radiation environment, i.e., fluxes of electrons and protons of Earth’s radiation belts and energetic particles of solar and galactic origin. To date, there are four CubeSat satellites operating in near‐Earth orbits, which deliver scientific and telemetric data. Thus, for the first time, a unique multi‐satellite constellation has been implemented, which makes it possible to simultaneously measure the particle and quantum fluxes at different areas in the near‐Earth space using the same type of instruments. A special compact detector of gamma quanta and energetic charged particles (electrons and protons) DeCoR has been developed to carry out radiation monitoring by CubeSats. With their help, observations of various effects of space weather have been made. These effects include a variety of electron fluxes in the outer belt during geomagnetic activity in late November–early December 2021, filling of polar caps by solar energetic particles accelerated in flares occurring in late October–early November, and the existence of stable electron fluxes near the geomagnetic equator.
KW - CubeSat
KW - detector
KW - drift shells
KW - electron
KW - fluxes
KW - geomagnetic equator
KW - polar cap
KW - radiation belt
KW - space weather
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U2 - 10.3390/universe8050282
DO - 10.3390/universe8050282
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85130396210
VL - 8
JO - Universe
JF - Universe
SN - 2218-1997
IS - 5
M1 - 282
ER -
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