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The Gridded Retarding Ion Drift Sensor For The Petitsat Cubesat Mission, Ryan L. Davidson, B. Oborn, E. F. Robertson, S. Noel, G. D. Earle, J. Green, J. Kramer
The Gridded Retarding Ion Drift Sensor For The Petitsat Cubesat Mission, Ryan L. Davidson, B. Oborn, E. F. Robertson, S. Noel, G. D. Earle, J. Green, J. Kramer
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The Gridded Retarding Ion Drift Sensor (GRIDS) is a small sensor that will fly on the 6 U petitSat CubeSat. It is designed to measure the three-dimensional plasma drift velocity vector in the Earth’s ionosphere. The GRIDS also supplies information about the ion temperature, ion density, and the ratio of light to heavy ions present in the ionospheric plasma. It utilizes well-proven techniques that have been successfully validated by similar instruments on larger satellite missions while meeting CubeSat-compatible requirements for low mass, size, and power consumption. GRIDS performs the functions of a Retarding Potential Analyzer (RPA) and an Ion Drift …