Date of Award:
5-2021
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Science (MS)
Department:
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Committee Chair(s)
Charles M. Swenson
Committee
Charles M. Swenson
Committee
Ryan Davidson
Committee
Jonathan Phillips
Abstract
The Scintillation Prediction Observation Research Task (SPORT) is a joint United States of America and Brazil 6U CubeSat mission. The US is providing the science instruments and the spacecraft launch. Brazil is providing the spacecraft bus, integration, and operations. Utah State University will provide four instruments for the mission as part of the US contribution in a suite called the Space Weather Probes (SWP). These instruments are the Sweeping Langmuir Probe (SLP), the Electric Field Probe (EFP), and the Sweeping Impedance Probe (SIP). Higher frequency components of the SLP and EFP will be observed through a Wave Spectrometer (WS). These instruments will provide measurements of electric fields, temperature, and density of ionospheric plasma. This thesis will describe the design, implementation, testing and calibration of the SLP, EFPs, and WS for the SPORT mission. A summary of results is also presented to show fulfillment of mission and instrumentation requirements.
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Recommended Citation
Tipton, Nathan P., "Design of Miniaturized Sweeping Langmuir Probe and Electric Field Probe for the Sport Mission" (2021). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 8072.
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