A33M:
Science Observations Enabled by New Advances in Small-Satellite Capability and Technology

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Session ID#: 30974

Session Description:
CubeSats, small satellites, and SmallSat constellations are now producing results of scientific significance in the Earth and space sciences. New opportunities are also being explored by scientists to take advantage of hosting payloads on future large-scale commercial space platforms and by exploring the potential utility of data collected by industry-based small spacecraft systems. Recent developments in information systems and miniaturized instrument technologies are also motivating the science community to think in new ways regarding how decadal-class science could be performed based on alternative observation techniques. We invite contributions presenting science results obtained from small satellite missions, new science mission concepts that utilize small satellites, commercial platforms that could host scientific instruments for large-scale constellation observations, and current as well as planned information systems and instrument technology capabilities that will be validated on small satellites with the goal of providing new science measurement capabilities.
Primary Convener:  Charles D Norton, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States
Conveners:  William H Swartz, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States, Pamela Millar, University of Colorado at Boulder, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, United States and David M Klumpar, Montana State University - Bozeman, Space Science and Engineering Laboratory, Department of Physics, Bozeman, United States
Chairs:  Charles D Norton, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States and Pamela Millar, University of Colorado at Boulder, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Charles D Norton, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • IN - Earth and Space Science Informatics
  • SA - SPA-Aeronomy
  • SH - SPA-Solar and Heliospheric Physics
  • SM - SPA-Magnetospheric Physics
Index Terms:

0394 Instruments and techniques [ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE]
3360 Remote sensing [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]
7599 General or miscellaneous [SOLAR PHYSICS, ASTROPHYSICS, AND ASTRONOMY]
7999 General or miscellaneous [SPACE WEATHER]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

The NASA CYGNSS Small Satellite Constellation (Invited) (210332)
Christopher S Ruf1, Scott Gleason2, Darren S McKague3, Randy Rose4 and John Scherrer4, (1)University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Climate and Space, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (2)Concordia University, Boulder, CO, United States, (3)Univ of Michigan-AOSS, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (4)Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, United States
RAVAN CubeSat Results: Technologies and Science Demonstrated On Orbit (240433)
William H Swartz1, Steven R Lorentz2, Philip M. Huang1, Allan W Smith2, Yinan Yu3, James S Briscoe4, Nolan Reilly1, Sonia Reilly1, Edward Reynolds5, John Carvo6 and Dong Liang Wu7, (1)Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States, (2)L-1 Standards and Technology, Inc., Manassas, VA, United States, (3)L-1 Standards and Technology, Inc., Manassas, United States, (4)L-1 Standards and Technology, Manassas, VA, United States, (5)JHU/APL, Laurel, MD, United States, (6)Blue Canyon Technologies, Boulder, CO, United States, (7)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
MISTiC Winds, a Micro-Satellite Constellation Approach to High Resolution Observations of the Atmosphere using Infrared Sounding and 3D Winds Measurements (254783)
Kevin Robert Maschhoff1, John J Polizotti1, Hartmut H Aumann2 and Joel Susskind3, (1)BAE Systems Nashua, Nashua, NH, United States, (2)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (3)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Spire’s 3U CubeSat GNSS-RO Constellation for Meteorological and Space Weather Applications (292229)
Vu Nguyen1, Timothy Duly1, Dave Ector1, Vladimir Irisov1, Oleguer Nogues-Correig2, Linus Tan3 and Takayuki Yuasa3, (1)Spire Global, Inc., Boulder, CO, United States, (2)Spire Global UK, Ltd, Glasgow, United Kingdom, (3)Spire Global Singapore, Pte. Ltd., Singapore, Singapore
ASTERIA: Arcsecond Space Telescope Enabling Research in Astrophysics (299978)
Mary Knapp1, Sara Seager2, Matthew W Smith3 and Christopher M Pong3, (1)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States, (2)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, EAPS, Physics, Aeroastro, Cambridge, United States, (3)JPL/NASA/Caltech, Pasadena, CA, United States
Trends in the Global Small Satellite Ecosystem: Implications for Science Missions (226070)
Jonathan Behrens, IDA Science and Technology Policy Institute, Washington, DC, United States and Bhavya Lal, Science and Technology Policy Institute, Washington, DC, United States

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