Measurements and Applications
Used for equipment failure analysis, solar flux measurement, solar storm warning, and magnetic and electric field measurement at satellite.
Full Name
Space Environment Monitor - NPOESS
Status
No longer considered
Instrument Agencies
USAF
Maturity
Medium Heritage
Instrument Type
Space environment
Geometry
Instrument Technology
Space environment monitor
Sampling
Sounding
Waveband
Senses and quantifies intensity in the sequentially selected energy bands, with energies ranging from 0.05 - 20 keV. Senses protons, electrons, and ions with energies from 30 keV to levels exceeding 6.9 MeV.
DWSS |
| NPOESS-1 - National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System - 1 (2013 - 2020) |
| NPOESS-3 - National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System - 3 (2018 - 2025) |