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e-POP Quick Facts
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September 29, 2013. Hexagonal, 180 cm across x 125 cm high. SpaceX Falcon 9, v1.1. 325 x 1500 km, 80.99° inclination. 103 minutes (14 orbits per day). Auroral imagers (2) (FAI). GPS receivers (5) (GAP). Neutral particle detector (NMS). Up to 600 W. Solar array of five solar panels. 3-axis stabilized using magnetometers (2), coarse sun sensors (6), star sensors (2), momentum wheels (4), torque rods (3). S-band, up to 4 Mbps. Ka-band, 300 Mbps. Up to 1.5 GB/orbit.
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e-POP RRI
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Radio Receiver Instrument (RRI). The RRI Digital Radio Receiver Module with antennas stowed, mounted on CASSIOPE. RRI is a four-channel VLF/HF receiver. It consists of four 3-meter STEM dipole antennas, a digital radio receiver module, and an electronics unit. At VLF, the receiver measures the electric fields of spontaneous waves in the frequency range 10Hz-10kHz. The receiver measures the electric fields of LF-HF radio emissions and of man-made waves transmitted from ground radars ( CADI. Dr Gordon Jame...
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e-POP Funding
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E-POP mission operations are funded by MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA). Scientific research support is provided by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA). 2016 Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Calgary.
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e-POP CER
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Coherent Electromagnetic Radio Tomography (CER). Adiation tomography experiment (CER) is for radio transmission from e-POP to ground for radio propagation and ionospheric scintillation measurements. The development of CER was led by the Naval Research Lab in Washington, D.C. under the direction of Dr. Paul Bernhardt. 2016 Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Calgary.
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e-POP Science Team
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Photo of attendees of the 12th e-POP Science Team meeting. Dr Donald Danskin, Dr. John MacDougall, Andrew White, Luc Dubé, Dr. Hing-Lan Lam,. Dr Bernie Shizgal, Dr. Donald Muldrew, Dr. Robert Rankin, Dr. Jean-Pierre St. Maurice. Greg Enno, Dr. Jonathan Burchill, Andrew Howarth, Dr. John Ma, Dr. Paul Prikryl, Dr. Jim Laframboise,. Dr Ludmila Kagan, Dr. Martin Connors, Dr. P.T. Jayachandran, Dr. Robert Hum, Dr. Richard Giroux. Dr Richard Langley, Dr. Leroy Cogger, Dr. Gordon James. Trond Trondsen, Koichiro...
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CASSIOPE Spacecraft
http://epop.phys.ucalgary.ca/cassiope.html
Xplorer" (CASSIOPE) is a made-in-Canada small satellite from the Canadian Space Agency. It is comprised of three working elements that use the first multi-purpose small satellite platform from the Canadian Small Satellite Bus Program. This generic, low-cost platform carries two payloads: e-POP. A scientific payload consisting of eight high-resolution instruments used to probe the characteristics of near-Earth space, and Cascade. See also the CASSIOPE/e-POP quick fact sheet.
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e-POP CER
http://epop.phys.ucalgary.ca/CER.html
Coherent Electromagnetic Radio Tomography (CER). Adiation tomography experiment (CER) is for radio transmission from e-POP to ground for radio propagation and ionospheric scintillation measurements. The development of CER was led by the Naval Research Lab in Washington, D.C. under the direction of Dr. Paul Bernhardt. 2016 Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Calgary.
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e-POP MGF
http://epop.phys.ucalgary.ca/MGF.html
Ield instrument (MGF) consists of dual, tri-axial fluxgate magnetometers mounted on an 80-cm carbon fibre boom for measurements of magnetic field perturbations to a precision of 0.0625 nanotesla, from which to infer small-scale field-aligned currents. The principal scientific goal of MGF is to investigate the localization and characterization of field-aligned currents in the high-latitude auroral zones and polar caps. MGF boom and magnetic sensors.
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e-POP Payload
http://epop.phys.ucalgary.ca/payload.html
E-POP Payload on CASSIOPE. The e-POP payload consists of eight scientific instruments that aid in reaching the project's scientific goals. Coherent EM Radio Tomography. Infrared and visible images. GPS Attitude and Profiling Experiment. Spacecraft position and attitude. Imaging and Rapid-Scanning Ion Mass Spectrometer. Low energy ion detection. 3-D magnetic field and currents. Low energy electron detection. The e-POP instruments on CASSIOPE. The e-POP instruments are supported by Cascade.
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e-POP Operations
http://mertensiana.phys.ucalgary.ca/operations.html
Planning for e-POP operations is done at the e-POP Science Operations Center (eSOC), hosted at the University of Calgary. Planning for e-POP operations involves assigning operational parameters for each of the eight instruments on an orbit-by-orbit basis (up to 12 per day), and sending the plan on to the Mission Operations System (MOS) who then uplinks the commands to the CASSIOPE satellite. The MOS is co-located with the Rothney Astrophysical Observatory. Just southwest of Calgary in Priddis, Alberta.
