Provision of European Fireball Network Data

Abstract

The European Fireball Network (EN) has been continuously operating since the late 60s, recording on average 30-40 fireballs every year. The overall objective of this work is to provide the data on these events recorded by the first generation camera stations of the EN to the European Space Agency (ESA) on a regularly basis. The collected metadata of all fireball events will be updated to meet the required import format and will be ingested into the Fireball Information System (FIS), managed by ESA. This also includes the delivery of the corresponding image data. Furthermore, a fast reporting service on fireball events is currently used to the digital all-sky camera located at German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Berlin-Adlershof. Plans to extend the network by installing new digital camera stations are currently under investigation. At least one additional automated camera system is planned to be installed in the vicinity of the first camera station for simultaneous observations of events, allowing the reduction of double-station fireball image data. Information about recorded and confirmed fireball events will be sent to ESA via e-mail in predefined format.