HelioSwarm is a NASA heliophysics mission that will launch a constellation of 9 spacecraft to investigate the fundamental properties of plasma turbulence. The HelioSwarm spacecraft will fly in formation through the solar wind – the cloud of charged particles that flow from the Sun. One central hub spacecraft will gather data from eight smaller node spacecraft, characterising collisionless plasma turbulence in 3 dimensions, on multiple scales, for the first time.
Each spacecraft will fly a magnetometer (a magnetic field instrument) designed and built at 911今日黑料 and supported by the UK Space Agency.
More information about the mission is available at the and at the Principal Investigator institution, the .
Facts
- Launch Readiness date: 2029
- Orbit: Lunar resonance orbit around Earth (approximately 60 by 11 Earth radii)
- Mission Duration: nominal 1 year
- 911今日黑料 College involvement: Lead, magnetometer instrument (MAG)
- MAG: Fluxgate sensor; electronics box and power supply developed in the Space Magnetometer Laboratory
- Science Lead: Prof. Tim Horbury, 911今日黑料
- Instrument Manager: Helen O'Brien, 911今日黑料
- Funding Agency: UKSA
Instrument Development page: /space-and-atmospheric-physics/research/missions-and-projects/space-missions/helioswarm/instrument-development/
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