Meteors and space objects
New developments
Credit: Me :D
Meteors and space objects
Natural space objects
Credit: www.meteorshowers.org
Natural space objects
Rosetta OSIRIS - 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
Natural space objects
Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins APL - DART
Artifical space objects
ESA - Time to act
Meteors
Video: Kiruna IRF AllSky7 meteor camera
Re-entries
Credit: André Knöfel, AllSky7 network
Meteors and space objects
Meteors and space objects
All these topics are connected!
Meteors and space objects
All these topics are connected!
Meteors and space objects
All these topics are connected!
Meteors and space objects
The goals and the synnergy
Meteors and space objects
New developments
Four big and exciting projects
- EISCAT 3D: meteors and space objects
- SSRS: Atmospheric effects of re-entry
- NOSTRA
- Software task force
New developments
- EISCAT 3D: meteors and space objects
Video: EISCAT
New developments
- EISCAT 3D: meteors and space objects
What we will get (from my point of view!):
- Best meteor observations in the world
- Unprecedented observations of small space debris
and extremely efficient space object tracking
(that also allow ionospheric observations) - Observe near-Earth objects during close fly-bys
or before atmospheric entry
What we are doing to get there:
New developments
- EISCAT 3D: meteors and space objects
What we are doing to get there:
- Daniel: ablation models, signal
processing, sensor simulation,
orbit determination, and statistics - Jhassmin: ray-tracing EM waves trough the ionosphere
ionospheric reconstruction/prediction - Samson: ionospheric irregularities and sensor fusion
ionospheric reconstruction/prediction - Hampus: processing pipelines and general purpose libraries
- Tsz-Hin: space situational awareness tools
Meteors and space objects
New developments
Four big and exciting projects
- EISCAT 3D: meteors and space objects
- SSRS: Atmospheric effects of re-entry
- NOSTRA
- Software task force
New developments
- SSRS: Atmospheric effects of re-entry
SSRS = Swedish Space Research School
- PhD funded: Atmospheric Effects of Spacecraft Re-entry
- Joint with Linda Megner, Department of Meteorology Stockholm University
- Constrain injection of material from re-entries using empirical data
- Examine consequences of said material using whole atmosphere climate models
PhD student recruitment underway
Meteors and space objects
New developments
Four big and exciting projects
- EISCAT 3D: meteors and space objects
- SSRS: Atmospheric effects of re-entry
- NOSTRA
- Software task force
New developments
- NOSTRA
NOSTRA = NOrdic Space Tracking RAdar
- NOSTRA
New developments
- NOSTRA
ESA Phase 0 study done
- Daniel: system design, feasibility, performance evaluation
- Johan: Stakeholder dialogue and user consultation
- Tsz-Hin: general purpose radar system simulation library
- The system could perform on par with the entire sensor capacity of the EU combined
Next phase funding 1.7 M€ confirmed
IRF lead, SE (50%), NO (25%), FI (25%)
Aim? - Tristatic MIMO HPLA radar in GHz range by 2030+
Meteors and space objects
New developments
Four big and exciting projects
- EISCAT 3D: meteors and space objects
- SSRS: Atmospheric effects of re-entry
- NOSTRA
- Software task force
New developments
- Software task force
Pilot program:
Assist researchers in software
development and operationalization
- Project (Tsz-Hin and Hampus): operationalize $K_P$ predictions for Peter Wintoft
- Building open source frameworks and tools
- Computation and storage server for research program
- IRF Software developer guide
Meteors and space objects
New developments
Thanks for listening!