GP34A-01
Swarm, 2 years of operations: update on constellation, instrument status and data quality.
Wednesday, 16 December 2015: 16:00
300 (Moscone South)
Giuseppe Ottavianelli1, Igino Coco1, Frank Diekmann2, Rune Floberghagen1, Mariano Kornberg3, Ruaraidh Mackenzie2, Riccardo Mecozzi3, Ana Piris Nino3, Berta Hoyos-Ortega4, Enkelejda Qamili1, Detlef Sieg2, Christian Siemes5 and Pierre Vogel3, (1)European Space Research Institute, Frascati, Italy, (2)European Space Operations Centre, Darmstadt, Germany, (3)European Space Agency, Noordwijk, Netherlands, (4)ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands, (5)RHEA System, Wavre, Belgium
Abstract:
Swarm is a three-satellite ESA Earth Explorer mission with the key objectives of studying the geomagnetic field with unprecedented accuracy and the electrodynamics of the Earth’s ionosphere. The three spacecraft have been launched in November 2013. Following two years of operations, this presentation provides an update on the constellation, instruments status, L1b data processors, the products quality. It also presents an outlook of the upcoming activities with regards to mission operations.
