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https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-153-2020
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-153-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
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22 Apr 2020
Research article |
| 22 Apr 2020
Daedalus: a low-flying spacecraft for in situ exploration of the lower thermosphere–ionosphere
Theodoros E. Sarris
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Democritus
University of Thrace, Xanthi, 67132, Greece
Elsayed R. Talaat
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Silver Spring, MD
20910, USA
Minna Palmroth
Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00014, Finland
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Space and Earth Observation Center, Helsinki, Finland
Iannis Dandouras
Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie (IRAP), Université de Toulouse/CNRS/UPS/CNES, Toulouse, 31028, France
Errico Armandillo
Space Engineering Consultant, Eventech Ltd, Dzerbenes street 14, Riga, 1006, Latvia
Guram Kervalishvili
German Research Centre for Geosciences, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Stephan Buchert
Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Uppsala, 75121, Sweden
Stylianos Tourgaidis
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Democritus
University of Thrace, Xanthi, 67132, Greece
Space Programmes Unit, Athena Research & Innovation Centre, Amarousio Athens, 15125, Greece
David M. Malaspina
Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80026, USA
Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80303, USA
Allison N. Jaynes
Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242-1479, USA
Nikolaos Paschalidis
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
John Sample
Department of Physics, Montana State University, Bozeman, MTCE1 59717-2220, USA
Jasper Halekas
Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242-1479, USA
Eelco Doornbos
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute – KNMI, P.O. Box 201,
3730 AE De Bilt, the Netherlands
Vaios Lappas
Space Programmes Unit, Athena Research & Innovation Centre, Amarousio Athens, 15125, Greece
Therese Moretto Jørgensen
Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen, Bergen, 5520, Norway
Claudia Stolle
German Research Centre for Geosciences, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
Mark Clilverd
British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, CB30ERT, UK
High Altitude Observatory, NCAR, Boulder, CO 80307-3000, USA
Ingmar Sandberg
Space Applications & Research Consultancy (SPARC), Athens,
10677, Greece
Panagiotis Pirnaris
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Democritus
University of Thrace, Xanthi, 67132, Greece
Anita Aikio
University of Oulu, Ionospheric Physics Unit, Oulu, 90014, Finland
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- Final revised paper (published on 22 Apr 2020)
- Preprint (discussion started on 07 Mar 2019)
Interactive discussion
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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment
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RC1: 'Referee report on ”Daedalus: A Low-Flying Spacecraft for the Exploration of the Lower Thermosphere - Ionosphere” by Sarris et al.,', Anonymous Referee #1, 08 Jul 2019
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RC2: 'A review', Anonymous Referee #2, 28 Oct 2019
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RC2: 'A review', Anonymous Referee #2, 28 Oct 2019
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AC1: 'Replies to Reviewers' comments', Theodore Sarris, 25 Nov 2019
Short summary
Daedalus aims to measure the largely unexplored area between Eart's atmosphere and space, the Earth's
ignorosphere. Here, intriguing and complex processes govern the deposition and transport of energy. The aim is to quantify this energy by measuring effects caused by electrodynamic processes in this region. The concept is based on a mother satellite that carries a suite of instruments, along with smaller satellites carrying a subset of instruments that are released into the atmosphere.
Daedalus aims to measure the largely unexplored area between Eart's atmosphere and space, the...
