Measurements and Applications
Measures characteristics of auroral boundary, auroral energy deposition, auroral imagery, electric field, electron density profile, geomagnetic field, in-situ plasma fluctuations, ionosphere scintillation. Data aids future space system design.
Full Name
Space Environmental Sensor Suite
Status
No longer considered
Instrument Agencies
Maturity
Instrument Type
Magnetic field 
and Space environment
Geometry
Cross-track scanning
Instrument Technology
Space environment monitor
Sampling
Sounding
NPOESS-5 - National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System - 4 (2018 - 2023) npoess-5_sess |
NPOESS-6 - National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System - 4 (2019 - 2024) npoess-6_sess |