International Space Station: study of near-surface environment

Paper number

IAC-06-B4.3.09

Author

Prof. Valery Korepanov, Lviv Centre of Institute of Space Research, Ukraine

Coauthor

Prof. Stanislav Klimov, Space Research Institute (IKI), RAS, Russia

Coauthor

Mr. Serhiy Belyayev, Ukraine

Coauthor

Dr. Csaba Ferencz, Hungary

Coauthor

Dr. Katya Georgieva, Bulgaria

Coauthor

Prof. Paul Gough, United Kingdom

Coauthor

Dr. Jozef Juchniewicz, Poland

Coauthor

Dr. Boyan Kirov, Bulgaria

Coauthor

Dr. Janos Lichtenberger, Hungary

Coauthor

Dr. Janos Nagy, Hungary

Coauthor

Dr. Hanna Rothkaehl, Space Research Center PAS, Poland

Coauthor

Dr. Georgy Stanev, Bulgaria

Coauthor

Dr. Kristof Stasiewicz, Sweden

Coauthor

Dr. Sandor Szalai, SGF Ltd, Hungary

Year

2006

Abstract

The realization of electromagnetic (EM) monitoring onboard the International Space Station (ISS) provides a great opportunity: the establishment of a permanent long-term observation site. This requires an observation methodology to be devised and the relevant experimental equipment to be designed. Electric and magnetic measurement methodologies onboard spacecraft were developed intensely in the early stages of space research. However, some theoretical problems concerning the interaction of a super-large body with space plasma, and investigations of the charging and electromagnetic noise produced by active onboard experiments require a detailed study. It is also very important is to know the EM situation at the ISS near-surface zone, as the measurements conditions are highly dependant on the EM noise background. A clear set of scientific and technological tasks have been devised to be solved with ISS mounted equipment. To achieve this goal a Plasma-Wave Complex (PWC) of scientific instrumentation for wave and plasma parameter measurements in the ISS environment will be built as the international OBSTANOVKA (ENVIRONMENT in English) experiment planned onboard of Russian segment of ISS (to be launched in 2007).

The PWC composition and experiment participants are listed below.

- Combined wave sensor (CWS-1, CWS-2), LC ISR, Ukraine;
- Fluxgate magnetometer (DFM-1), IKI RAS, Russia;
- Fluxgate magnetometer (DFM-2), LC ISR, Ukraine;
- Langmuir probe (LP-1, LP-2), STIL BAS, Bulgaria;
- Spacecraft potential monitor (DP-1, DP-2), ISR BAS, Bulgaria;
- Correlating Electron and ion Spectrograph, (CORES 10eV – 10keV), Sussex University, United Kingdom;
- Radio Frequency Analyzer (RFA), SISP, Sweden; 
SRC PAS, Poland;
- Signal Analyzer and Sampler (SAS3), Eötvös University, Hungary;
- Data Acquisition and Control Unit (DACU), KFKI RMKI, Hungary;
- Block of Storage of TeleMetry (BSTM inside ISS), KFKI RMKI, Hungary;
- Automatic System of ThermoRegulation (ASOTR), IKI RAS, Russia;
- Booms with sensors, RKK “Energia”, Russia.

The scientific goals of the experiment OBSTANOVKA and its present development stage are detailed in the report.

This study was partially supported by NSAU Contract No 1-02/03 (1274), grant 4 T12E 044 29 (Poland), Hungarian Space Office, the OTKA grants T037611 and F037603.

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