Astroinformatics and Heliophysics at the FHNW Institute for Data Science

SoSpIM

A Spectral Solar Irradiance Monitor
on the JAXA Solar-C Space Mission

 

SoSpIM will observe solar irradiance on board the Japanese Space Agency’s spacecraft Solar-C beside the extreme UV telescope EUVST.

VISIT PROJECT SITE @JAXA

ROLE OF THE INSTITUTE FOR DATA SCIENCE

> Data pipeline

> Data analysis and interpretation

Project lead at I4DS: Prof. Dr. Säm Krucker

Partners: PMOD/WCR Davos (project lead, PI Louise Harra), ROB Belgium, ISSI/JAXA Japan

Funding: Swiss Prodex

Start: 2021
Launch: 2027

Keywords: space sciences, heliophysics, space weather

SUMMARY

The Sun emits hot plasma spreading throughout the solar system. This affects the Earth and other planets. The Solar-C space mission aims at studying how the high temperatures of the plasma are created in the solar corona. The spacecraft will carry two instruments working hand in hand: a spectroscope in the extreme ultraviolet range (EUVST) and a solar irradiance monitor (SoSpIM). SoSpIM will observe solar flares on the surface of the Sun and evaluate the impact of solar irradiance on the Earth’s upper atmosphere.

PEOPLE @I4DS WHO WORK ON SoSpIM

Prof. Dr. Säm Krucker

Astrophysicist

Laszlo Istvan Etesi

Software Engineer

OPEN RESOURCES AND RESULTS

will be made available here

VISUALS AND AUDIO

Solar-C is a Japanese middle-class space mission observing the Sun in extreme UV from a low Earth orbit. Credit: NAOJ/JAXA (SOLAR-C WG)