SMESE (SMall Explorer for Solar Eruptions): A microsatellite mission with combined solar payload
| Title | SMESE (SMall Explorer for Solar Eruptions): A microsatellite mission with combined solar payload |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2008 |
| Authors | Vial, JC, Auchere, F, Chang, J, Fang, C, Gan, WQ, Klein, KL, Prado, JY, Rouesnel, F, Semery, A, Trottet, G, Wang, C |
| Journal | Advances in Space Research |
| Volume | 41 |
| Pagination | 183-189 |
| ISBN Number | 0273-1177 |
| Accession Number | WOS:000253590400025 |
| Abstract | The SMESE (SMall Explorer for Solar Eruptions) mission is a microsatellite proposed by France and China. The payload of SMESE consists of three packages: LYOT (a Lyman alpha imager and a Lyman alpha coronagraph), DESIR (an Infra-red Telescope working at 35-80 and 100-250 mu m), and HEBS (a High Energy Burst Spectrometer working in X- and gamma-rays). The scientific objectives of the mission are shortly presented. We describe the three instrumental packages and the profile of the mission which accommodates them. With a launch around 2012-2013, the SMESE microsatellite mission will provide a unique tool for detecting and understanding eruptions (flares and coronal mass ejections). Observations should start around solar maximum, and continue in the declining phase of activity, at a time when the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) should still be operating. (C) 2007 Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of COSPAR. |
