Title
Validation of double Langmuir probe in-orbit performance onboard a nano-satellite
Date Issued
01 March 2018
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Tejumola T.R.
Zarate Segura G.W.
Kim S.
Khan A.
Cho M.
Publisher(s)
Elsevier Ltd
Abstract
Many plasma measurement systems have been proposed and used onboard different satellites to characterize space plasma. Most of these systems employed the technique of Langmuir probes either using the single or double probes methods. Recent growth of lean satellites has positioned it on advantage to be used for space science missions using Langmuir probes because of its simplicity and convenience. However, single Langmuir probes are not appropriate to be used on lean satellites because of their limited conducting area which leads to spacecraft charging and drift of the instrument's electrical ground during measurement. Double Langmuir probes technique can overcome this limitation, as a measurement reference in relation to the spacecraft is not required. A double Langmuir probe measurement system was designed and developed at Kyushu Institute of Technology for HORYU-IV satellite, which is a 10 kg, 30 cm cubic class lean satellite launched into Low Earth Orbit on 17th February 2016. This paper presents the on-orbit performance and validation of the double Langmuir probe measurement using actual on-orbit measured data and computer simulations.
Start page
388
End page
396
Volume
144
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Astronomía
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85041423618
Source
Acta Astronautica
ISSN of the container
00945765
Sponsor(s)
This work was partially supported by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), KAKENHI Grant Number 25220915 . I wish to also appreciate the support of all members of HORYU-IV satellite project for their undaunted efforts during satellite operations and data downlink at the ground receiving station of the Kyushu Institute of Technology, Kitakyushu. Japan.
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