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Overview of Space Sciences Laboratory 16 July 2003 Michael Lampton Core Competencies • • • • • Instrumentation Absolute calibration & radiometry EUV optics and techniques Automated ground/space communication Space physics: upper-atmosphere, solar, magnetospheric, heliospheric • Outreach to public and educational community Michael Lampton Facilities • 55000 sq. ft. Office and Laboratory Space • Employing 420 Scientists, Engineers, Staff • On-Site Machine Shop • Clean Room Facilities to Class 100 • Thermal Vacuum Facilities up to 3m diameter • Spacecraft Integration Facility • 4-story High Bay • Radiation Sources Laboratory • Mission Operations Centers • Science Operations Centers • 11 Meter S-Band Satellite Antenna • Secure High Speed Communications to NASA Michael Lampton Department of Astronomy –Stellar evolution; ISM; clusters of galaxies Department of Physics –Magnetospheric; solar; CMB Department of Mech. Engineering –Active structures; attitude control LBNL –Advanced ground systems (e.g. Keck) –Detector & electronics development (e.g. HESSI) –Advanced space systems (e.g. SNAP) Lockheed –Solar and atmospheric science Michael Lampton Background • Initiated in 1958 by Drs. Teller and Seaborg • Multidisciplinary organization • Connecting campus research to space efforts • Facility opened in 1966 • New facilities added in 1998 Research Efforts Involving • Balloons • Sounding rockets • Satellite instruments & science complements • Complete satellites • Space Shuttle • Mission & Science Operations • Ground Station Operations Michael Lampton Operations Components • Mission Operations Center • Science Operations Center • 11-meter S-Band Antenna with X-band capability • High Speed Communications to NASA Ground Network • Network Security • Autonomous Operations Pass Supports Orbit Determination & Tracking Emergency Response System Self Checking Michael Lampton Recent Flight Payload Elements RHESSI CHIPS ISUAL GALEX FAST Polar EFI Wind 3DP Cluster I EFW, CIS Cluster II EFW, CIS Image FUV, WIC Mars Global Surveyor ER Ulysses LAN Lunar Prospector ER FUSE SOHO UVCS & SUMER COS STEREO (development) THEMIS (MIDEX Phase B) SNAP (under study) Michael Lampton EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET EXPLORER (EUVE) •Outgrowth of stellar and ISM work at Berkeley since 1975 • Project Management • Science Package Telescopes Detectors Electronics • Science Operations • Mission Operations EXPLORER Launched on 7 June 1992 Successful; concluded 1Q2001 Michael Lampton FAST AURORAL SNAPSHOT EXPLORER (FAST) •Outgrowth of auroral research since 1965 •Project Management •Science Package Electric Field Instruments Particle Instruments Electronics • Mission Operations • Science Operations SMEX Launched on 21 Aug 1996 Successful; continuing through 2005 Michael Lampton RAMATY HIGH ENERGY SOLAR SPECTROSCOPIC IMAGER(RHESSI) • Outgrowth of solar physics work at Berkeley since 1964 • Management • Spacecraft Bus • Science Package Imager Spectrometer Electronics • Mission Operations • Science Operations • Ground Data Systems SMEX Launched February 5, 2002 Successful; planned ops through 2004 Michael Lampton CORONAL HOT INTERSTELLAR PLASMA SPECTROMETER (CHIPS) • Outgrowth of ISM research at Berkeley since 1971 •Science Definition • Instrument Development • Integration and Test • Calibration • Mission Operations • Ground Data Systems UNEX selected Sept 1999 Launched Jan 2003 Successful; ops continuing Michael Lampton TIME HISTORY OF EVENTS AND MACROSCAPE INTERACTIONS DURING SUBSTORMS (THEMIS) • Science Definition • Instrument Development • Integration and Test • Calibration • Mission Operations • Ground Data Systems MIDEX selected 2003 Expected Launch 2006 Michael Lampton SUPERNOVA ACCELERATION PROBE (SNAP) • Project Management • Systems Engineering • Instrumentation • Spacecraft • Telescope • Integration and Test • Mission Operations • Flight Data Systems R&D Phase 2003-2005 Planned Launch 2011 Michael Lampton