The ISIS Project: Indications for Future Near-Earth Plasma Studies through Future Galileo Satellites

The Earth’s plasmasphere variability is a consequence of the Sun’s forcing, determining our planet’s space weather. Plasmaspheric dynamics could be entirely caught only by studying together global and local proxies of the state of this extended system. The ISIS project (Inter-Satellite & In Situ plasmaspheric monitoring and modelling) aimed to design a system for the continuous monitoring of the Earth’s plasmasphere based on the future Galileo satellites. The efforts and expertise of ISC-CNR (Institute for Complex Systems of the National Research Council of Italy), INGV (Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia) and TAS-I (Thales Alenia Space - Italy) were put together in this work of assessment. ISIS Team proposed new experimental facilities of the Galileo satellites, designed to realize inter-satellite and in situ measurements to monitor global and local quantities; in particular, a scalable system of Langmuir probes was suggested, while the TEC along all possible inter-satellite ray paths throughout the plasmasphere could be monitored via phase- and group-delay analysis of inter-satellite radio signals

The ISIS Project: Indications for Future Near-Earth Plasma Studies through Future Galileo Satellites

The Earth’s plasmasphere variability is a consequence of the Sun’s forcing, determining our planet’s space weather. Plasmaspheric dynamics could be entirely caught only by studying together global and local proxies of the state of this extended system. The ISIS project (Inter-Satellite & In Situ plasmaspheric monitoring and modelling) aimed to design a system for the continuous monitoring of the Earth’s plasmasphere based on the future Galileo satellites. The efforts and expertise of ISC-CNR (Institute for Complex Systems of the National Research Council of Italy), INGV (Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia) and TAS-I (Thales Alenia Space - Italy) were put together in this work of assessment. ISIS Team proposed new experimental facilities of the Galileo satellites, designed to realize inter-satellite and in situ measurements to monitor global and local quantities; in particular, a scalable system of Langmuir probes was suggested, while the TEC along all possible inter-satellite ray paths throughout the plasmasphere could be monitored via phase- and group-delay analysis of inter-satellite radio signals

The ISIS Project: Indications for Future Near-Earth Plasma Studies through Future Galileo Satellites

The Earth’s plasmasphere variability is a consequence of the Sun’s forcing, determining our planet’s space weather. Plasmaspheric dynamics could be entirely caught only by studying together global and local proxies of the state of this extended system. The ISIS project (Inter-Satellite & In Situ plasmaspheric monitoring and modelling) aimed to design a system for the continuous monitoring of the Earth’s plasmasphere based on the future Galileo satellites. The efforts and expertise of ISC-CNR (Institute for Complex Systems of the National Research Council of Italy), INGV (Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia) and TAS-I (Thales Alenia Space - Italy) were put together in this work of assessment. ISIS Team proposed new experimental facilities of the Galileo satellites, designed to realize inter-satellite and in situ measurements to monitor global and local quantities; in particular, a scalable system of Langmuir probes was suggested, while the TEC along all possible inter-satellite ray paths throughout the plasmasphere could be monitored via phase- and group-delay analysis of inter-satellite radio signals.Published1A. Geomagnetismo e Paleomagnetismo2A. Fisica dell'alta atmosferaN/A or not JCRope

The MONITOR Project: A GNSS based platform for Land Monitoring and Civil Engineering applications

For nearly 50 years, geodesists and surveyors developed deformation monitoring techniques based on traditional land surveying equipment, such as theodolites , Electronic Distance Measuring Devices, both absolute at sub-millimetric accuracy (Mekometer, derived by a prototype of Physical National Laboratory, Teddington, UK), and interferometric (long arm Michelson laser interferometers) and sub-millimetric levels. From the 1980\u2019s onwards, these techniques were first supplemented and later completely replaced by the more easy satellite positioning technology based on GPS. The early GPS deformation monitoring techniques were developed for the benefit of geophysicists, who were involved in the monitoring of crustal dynamics and in plate tectonics. Deformation monitoring of engineering structures was to follow suit. Although GPS suffers from a number of limitations which affect the coverage, accuracy and reliability of the satellite measurements, GNSS systems allow continuous nearly-real-time monitoring of the small movements of points. The development of Galileo, its proposed interoperability with GPS, and the use of EGNOS, will contribute substantially to the quantity and quality of the satellite measurements thereby improving the quality of the deformation monitoring process. Moreover, the availability of signals from two different satellite systems is likely to reduce the price of GNSS receivers and sensors and thus enabling a wider spatial coverage with an increase in the number of monitoring points. In particular Galileo will increase the integrity of the GNSS measurements, which is very important for such applications affecting Safety of Life (SoL), and therefore involving legal and economic consequences. In this context the European Galileo Project managed on behalf of the European Union (EU) and the European Space Agency (ESA), by Galileo Joint Undertaking (GJU), has opened new era in Satellite Navigation. One of the missions of the GJU, through its business development initiatives, is to develop future markets for Galileo and the European satellite based augmentation system, EGNOS, addressing a large number of user communities including Location Based Services (LBS), Road, Rail, Maritime, Aviation, and a Special Sector to which the Land and Civil Engineering community belongs. The GJU 2nd Call was launched in June 2004, with bids submitted in October 2004. After the bids evaluation and negotiations, the MONITOR projects Consortium was successfully established and the Consortium was awarded the contract to address the Land and the Civil Engineering Community. The partners within the Monitor Project Consortium include universities, companies and organisation based in Italy, Portugal, United Kingdom, Romania and Greece, whose combined capabilities cover all aspects of high precision monitoring of land and engineering of structural deformations, current satellites positioning techniques, engineering applications of GNSS and the potential benefits of the Galileo system. This paper aims to describe the current status of MONITOR Project (officially kicked off in November 2005 and lasting till the mid summer of 2007) and the purposes to which, this 18 months long project, is focused on. A particular attention will be devoted to the description of the three Pilot Projects experimentation (par. 3, 4, 5), representative of the priority applications identified in a preliminary phase (par. 2), and to their relation with a technological and operative platform, represented by the Monitor Control Centre (par. 6), mandatory to provide a wide group of users, that span from the professional users (surveyors, researchers, national and local institutions, organizations, etc..) to citizenship, useful responses to their needs

Ultraviolet Astronomy from the Space Station: A case study

69Recent Research Developments in Astronomy & AstrophysicsRecent Research Developments in Astronomy & AstrophysicsnonenoneP.L. BERNACCA; E. ANTONELLO; A. PREITE MARTINEZ; F. BERTOLA; S. CATALANO; M. RODON; R. STALIO; G. TONDELLO; G.E. VILLA; L.M. BUSON; G. NALETTO; S. SCUDERI; P. TRAMPUS; M. USLENGHI; M. BADIALI; G. BONANNO; P. CONCONI; C. FACCHINETTI; E. FANTINO; C. GIACOMUZZO; D. MAGRIN; L. PALETTO; G. BARBARO; D. BETTONI; A. BIANCHINI; A. BRESSA; M. CAPPELLARI; D. CARDINI; A. CASSATELA; O. CITTERIO; G. CHINCARINI; W.J. COUCH; D. DE MARTINO; A. DRESSLER; A. EMANUELE; G. FASANO; A. FRANCESCHINI; M. FRANCHINI; G.L. GRANATO; GREGORIO A.; P. KJRGAARD; A. LANZAFAME; M.L. MALAGNINI; L. MARASCHI; P.M. MARRESE; M. MOLES; A. MONFARDINI; C. MOROSSI; U. MUNARI; S. ORTOLANI; I. PAGANO; N. PANAGIA; G. PARESCHI; B. POGGIANTI; E. PORETTI; R. RAGAZZONI; B. SAGGIN; L. SILVA; H. WU; M. ATTINI; G. BASILE; A. CAVALIERE; B. CIBRARIO; A. GILY; M. MUSCINELLI; W. PRENDIN; N. RATTI; G. SANTANGELO; M. SANTONIP. L., Bernacca; E., Antonello; A., PREITE MARTINEZ; F., Bertola; S., Catalano; M., Rodon; R., Stalio; G., Tondello; G. E., Villa; L. M., Buson; G., Naletto; S., Scuderi; P., Trampus; M., Uslenghi; M., Badiali; G., Bonanno; P., Conconi; C., Facchinetti; E., Fantino; C., Giacomuzzo; D., Magrin; L., Paletto; G., Barbaro; D., Bettoni; A., Bianchini; A., Bressa; M., Cappellari; D., Cardini; A., Cassatela; O., Citterio; G., Chincarini; W. J., Couch; D., DE MARTINO; A., Dressler; A., Emanuele; G., Fasano; A., Franceschini; M., Franchini; G. L., Granato; Gregorio, Anna; P., Kjrgaard; A., Lanzafame; M. L., Malagnini; L., Maraschi; P. M., Marrese; M., Moles; A., Monfardini; C., Morossi; U., Munari; S., Ortolani; I., Pagano; N., Panagia; G., Pareschi; B., Poggianti; E., Poretti; R., Ragazzoni; B., Saggin; L., Silva; H., Wu; M., Attini; G., Basile; A., Cavaliere; B., Cibrario; A., Gily; M., Muscinelli; W., Prendin; N., Ratti; G., Santangelo; M., Santon

Ultraviolet astronomy from the space station: A case study

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