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The Solar magnetism eXplorer (SolmeX) Satellite Design

Quantius, Dominik and Peter, Hardi and Schlotterer, Markus and Maiwald, Volker and Romberg, Oliver (2011) The Solar magnetism eXplorer (SolmeX) Satellite Design. IAC 2011, 2011-10-03 - 2011-10-07, Kapstadt, Südafrika.

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Abstract

In response to the 2010 call for a Medium-size mission opportunity in ESA's Science Programme for a launch in 2022 the Solar magnetism eXplorer (SolmeX) was proposed under the lead of the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research. By using the DLR's Concurrent Engineering Facility (CEF) a consistent satellite concept for SolmeX was designed including mission analysis, formation flying, configuration, propulsion, subsystem dimensioning, payload accommodation, budgeting and cost. The overall objectives of the SolmeX mission are the mapping of the magnetic field in the corona and transition region of the solar atmosphere and to discover the origin and to determine the evolution of solar magnetism and its interaction with heliospheric plasma. To improve the scientific results in comparison to other solar observations using an instrument occulter, SolmeX will consist of two spacecraft flying in formation at the L1 Libration point of the Earth-Sun System. The first one, the Coronagraph spacecraft (CS) will carry the science payload. The second one, the Occulter spacecraft (OS) will provide an eclipsed view of the Sun for the CS and fly in formation at a distance of approximately 200 m to mitigate diffraction effects and improve the spatial resolution of the coronagraphic observations at the limb. In this paper the outcome from the Concurrent Engineering study of the SolmeX concept consisting of the two spacecraft (launch mass about 2100 kg) is described. The most critical aspect of the design is the accurate formation keeping of the two spacecraft. Therefore current open design issues will be pointed out in this paper along with the results that underline the mission feasibility and initial cost estimates of under 460 Million Euro.

Item URL in elib:https://elib.dlr.de/71210/
Document Type:Conference or Workshop Item (Speech)
Title:The Solar magnetism eXplorer (SolmeX) Satellite Design
Authors:
AuthorsInstitution or Email of AuthorsAuthor's ORCID iDORCID Put Code
Quantius, DominikUNSPECIFIEDhttps://orcid.org/0009-0003-7057-9214UNSPECIFIED
Peter, HardiMPG Institut für SonnensystemforschungUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Schlotterer, MarkusUNSPECIFIEDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6565-3622UNSPECIFIED
Maiwald, VolkerUNSPECIFIEDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4591-0089UNSPECIFIED
Romberg, OliverUNSPECIFIEDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2287-2910UNSPECIFIED
Date:October 2011
Refereed publication:No
Open Access:No
Gold Open Access:No
In SCOPUS:No
In ISI Web of Science:No
Status:Published
Keywords:solar observation, occulter, formation flying
Event Title:IAC 2011
Event Location:Kapstadt, Südafrika
Event Type:international Conference
Event Start Date:3 October 2011
Event End Date:7 October 2011
HGF - Research field:Aeronautics, Space and Transport (old)
HGF - Program:Space (old)
HGF - Program Themes:W - no assignment
DLR - Research area:Space
DLR - Program:W - no assignment
DLR - Research theme (Project):W - no assignment (old)
Location: Bremen
Institutes and Institutions:Institute of Space Systems > System Analysis Space Segment
Deposited By: Maiwald, Volker
Deposited On:03 Feb 2012 11:58
Last Modified:26 Jun 2024 10:19

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