| Title: |
Development of the Deployable HF Vector Sensor for the AERO-VISTA Spacecraft |
| Authors: |
Silver, Mark; Lopez, Alai; Howe, Daniel; Thompson, Erik; Morris, Alexander; Fenn, Alan; Knapp, Mary; Erickson, Philip; Lind, Frank; Paritsky, Lenny; Masterson, Rebecca; Ammons, Kristen; Belsten, Nicholas; Kononov, Ekaterina; Payne, Cadence |
| Contributors: |
Lincoln Laboratory; Haystack Observatory; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics; MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research |
| Source: |
Communications and Community Outreach Office, MIT Lincoln Laboratory |
| Publisher Information: |
IEEE |
| Publication Year: |
2025 |
| Collection: |
DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) |
| Description: |
2024 IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT, USA, 2-9 March ; The Auroral Emissions Radio Observer (AERO) and Vector Interferometry Space Technology using AERO (VISTA) CubeSat missions will use two identical 6U CubeSats developed to measure HF auroral emissions from Low Earth Orbit for NASA’s Space Mission Directorate (SMD) for Heliophysics. Each CubeSat employs a unique antenna, called a Vector Sensor Antenna (VSA), to measure all six electromagnetic degrees of freedom of incoming HF radiation via a combination of loop, dipole and monopole antennas. The VSA payload stows into a compact volume within the 6U spacecraft, and through a series of deployments, makes a 4 m by 4 m by 2.3 m antenna array. The relatively large antenna element deployment from such a small initial volume is achieved using fiberglass composite tape springs which unroll to form the antenna elements. These tape springs fall into a class of structural elements called High Strain Composites, which are becoming more commonly used in space missions. This paper describes the development, integration and testing of the AERO-VISTA VSA payload prototype. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper; conference object |
| File Description: |
application/pdf |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
2024 IEEE Aerospace Conference; https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/162782 |
| Availability: |
https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/162782 |
| Rights: |
Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike ; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.743B5D05 |
| Database: |
BASE |