Title :
Miniaturized high performance sensors for space plasmas
Author_Institution :
Div. of Instrum. & Space Res., Southwest Res. Inst., San Antonio, TX, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. Operating under ever more constrained budgets, NASA has turned to a "new paradigm" for instrumentation and mission development in which "smaller, faster, better, cheaper" is of primary consideration for future space plasma investigations. The author presents several examples showing the influence of this new paradigm on sensor development and discuss certain implications for the scientific return from resource constrained sensors. The author also discusses one way to improve space plasma sensor performance which is to search out new technologies, measurement techniques and instrument analogs from related fields including among others, laboratory plasma physics.
Keywords :
astronomical instruments; artificial satellite instrument; astronomy; high performance sensor; instrumentation; ionosphere; magnetosphere; measurement apparatus; miniaturized equipment; solar wind; space plasma; space vehicle; spacecraft; Instruments; Particle scattering; Plasma materials processing; Plasma measurements; Plasma properties; Plasma temperature; Space charge; Space technology; Space vehicles; Surface charging;
Conference_Titel :
Plasma Science, 1996. IEEE Conference Record - Abstracts., 1996 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3322-5
DOI :
10.1109/PLASMA.1996.551458
