KORTES Mission for Solar Activity Monitoring Onboard International Space Station

peer reviewedWe present a description of the recent advances in the development of the KORTES assembly—the first solar oriented mission designed for the Russian segment of the International Space Station. KORTES consists of several imaging and spectroscopic instruments collectively covering a wide spectral range extending from extreme ultraviolet (EUV) wavelengths to X-rays. The EUV telescopes inside KORTES will trace the origin and dynamics of various solar phenomena, e.g., flares, CMEs, eruptions etc. EUV spectra provided by grazing-incidence spectroheliographs will enable precise DEM-diagnostics during these events. The monochromatic X-ray imager will observe the formation of hot plasma in active regions and outside them. The SolpeX module inside KORTES will offer an opportunity to measure fluxes, Doppler shifts and polarization of soft X-ray emission both in lines and continuum. SolpeX observations will contribute to studies of particle beams and chromospheric evaporation. The instrumentation of KORTES will employ a variety of novel multilayer and crystal optics. The deployment of KORTES is planned for 2024

MULTILAYER X-RAY MIRRORS FOR DIAGNOSTICS OF PLASMA

The aim is to develop the production process and to study the multilayer X-ray mirrors (MXM), to create the spectrometers of the MX-radiation for diagnostics of the plasma. The stands on base of the sliding fall spectrometers have been developed for study of MXM. To study the internal construction of MXM and processes in them at thermic annealing the EXAFS and WAXS spectroscopy has been applied. The high-reflecting MXM have been manufactured. The diamond micropowders of detonation nature have been applied for polishing of the bases. The surface roughness indices less than 0,3 nm have been obtained. The models of the MXM growth and processes in them at thermic annealing have been proposed. A number of the spectrometers for plasma diagnostics which were used on the plants of Russia, Germany, Italy and Czechia has been developed.Available from VNTIC / VNTIC - Scientific & Technical Information Centre of RussiaSIGLERURussian Federatio