Transcript Space Weather and ESA

Space Weather and ESA
E. Daly, A. Glover,
A. Hilgers & B. Arbesser-Rastburg
ESA Technical Directorate
Outline
• Parts of ESA concerned
• Activites of the parts
• The future: problems and prospects
ESA Parties involved
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Technical Directorate
Operations
Science
Earth Observation
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Policy Office
• User directorates/
domains:
– Navigation
– Telecommunications
– Humans Spaceflight
and Exploration
– Science
– Launchers
– Earth Observation
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Science
• Many affected missions
– Consideration of effects during design
– Operations support
• Science missions support space weather
– The scientific results underpin space weather
– Science data useful for applications
– ESA participation in International Living with a
Star
see ESA Report to ILWS China 2006 (google ESA ILWS)
• SOHO Extension to
2009 (and “bonus”?)
• Cluster extension 2009;
• Double-Star ext. 2007;
• Ulysses 3rd polar pass
to 2008
• XMM, Rosetta, Integral
(Rad. Mons.)
• Proba-2
• Solar Orbiter (2015)
• BepiColombo (2013)
• SWARM “one man’s noise is
another man’s data”
• Radiation Monitors
(Herschel, Planck, LPF,
etc…)
Other future missions
• New science missions subject to community call
• ESA participation in Solar-B (ground station)
• Proba-3
– Formation flying demonstrator
– Science element may be solar related (coronagraph)
– Orbit may be of interest for plasma/particles
• Technology reference studies (sci.esa.int)
– Relevant to space weather
(e.g. Crosscale,GeoSail, IHP, Solar Polar Orbiter)
– Reflect perceived interests, but
– Are mainly vehicles for identifying enabling
technologies
Human Spaceflight and Exploration
• Radiation environments
and effects are major
issues;
• Space weather & radiation
environment are important
elements of “technology
roadmap”
ISS
Artist’ view with ATV docked
Artist's view of the ExoMars rover
Earth Observation
• SWARM Mission
• EO satellites are affected
– e.g. CRYOSAT & GOCE affected by drag
– Large complex instruments and data handling –
radiation concerns
• Space Weather is on the borders of their
domain:
– GMES Service-driven missions
– Meteorological Missions (e.g. METOP carries the
NOAA SEM sensor)
SWARM
• Mission of the “Living Planet”
Programme
• 3-satellite Geomagnetic Field
mission to study core dynamics
and geodynamo processes,
crustal magnetisation, and
ocean circulation from low Earth
orbit;
• Ionosphere-magnetosphere
current systems and magnetic
forcing of the upper atmosphere
need to be derived and taken
care of - “one man’s noise is
another man’s data”;
• Launch in 2010;
• Electric Field Instrument (Ion
Drift Meter) provided by CSA in
collaboration with ESA Science
Programme
Courtesy of EADS
Galileo
• Galileo orbit passes through most intense part of
outer radiation belt
– high lifetime doses for constellation
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Ionospheric effects on signals
GIOVE-A radiation monitor data under analysis
GIOVE-B launch due 2007 with radiation monitor
In-orbit Validation Phase (4 satellites) will carry
monitors
• Final constellation: monitors TBD, but looks positive.
DG’s Policy Office
• Responsible for the General Studies Programme
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looking at future programmes,
innovative approaches,
early stage mission studies
funded SWPP: 2M€ + internal costs (+ ~2M€ co-funded)
funded previous feasibility studies 1M€
• DG-P is considering ESA’s future activities in:
– Surveillance
– Situational Awareness
– Cross-directorate strategy in preparation for ministerial
conference 08 (=“new ideas”)
Space Weather Pilot Project
and Follow-On
• SWPP is seen as highly successful
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objective: support investigation of maturity of the “market”
more than 20 CO-FUNDED services established;
many operating/evolving beyond end of contracts;
others emerging
• Cost-Benefit Analysis (public/private data) needs to be
evaluated in detail (esp. at level of the confidential data)
• Internal Briefing in Preparation for Management;
• Products will be maintained;
e.g. SWENET and COST portal harmonization
• This was the nominal end of the current commitment of the
ESA General Studies Programme
– Q1: Transition to what?
– Q2: Evolutions in ESA “landscape”?
New ESA Networks in
“Engineering”
• Coordinate activities of ESA and member states;
• Network of Competences in Space Environments and Effects
– Domain of radiation & plasma environments and effects on space systems;
– Establish and implement a joint R&D roadmap and implementation plan
– Chair: Philippe Perol (Head, Elec. Engineering Dept.);
• Network of Experts on Propagation
– Addresses both ionospheric and tropospheric propagation effects;
– Coordinates inputs to ITU
– exchanges information on research activities funded under national or
Framework budget, sets up collaborative experiments and provides for data
exchange
– Establish a set of strategic priorities.
– Coordinator: Bertram Arbesser-Rastburg
Technology R&D
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Solar energetic particle environment models;
Engineering tools for radiation effects assessment
Mars radiation environments
Spacecraft-plasma interaction simulation
Space Environment Information System (Spenvis)
Space environment systems for operations support
Models for propagation
GALILEO-GIOVE data analysis
Radiation/energetic particle instruments and effects experiments
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Space weather IT for space engineering application
Radiation belt engineering models
Jupiter radiation environments and effects
Radiation and plasma monitoring
Solar array plasma interactions
Radiation transport codes
Technology Missions
• PROBA-1
– Earth Obs. + radiation monitor
• PROBA-2
– Solar payload
• PROBA-3
– Formation flying demo with
coronagraph
– Eccentric orbit suited to RB
instrument
Conclusions and Remarks
• ESA has strong interest in space weather
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As a user (technology effects are increasing)
Growing appreciation in “user directorates”
Sponsor of technology research and service development
Networks related to ESA technical domains established
Underpinning science
• The scale of any future (broad) application programme
TBD
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Depends on case made (competitively)
National delegation views important
EU and other non-space actors roles important
Ministerial 2008 is a new window of opportunity
Done!
Backups
Current Technology Reference
Studies
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Jovian Minisat Explorer (JME)
Venus Entry Probe (VEP)
Interstellar Heliopause Probe (IHP)
Deimos Sample Return (DSR)
Solar Polar Orbiter (SPO)
The Gamma Ray Lens (GRL)
GeoSail
Cross-scale
Wide Field Imager
Far IR Interferometer
Fundamental Physics Explorer