Daedalus: a low-flying spacecraft for in situ exploration of the lower thermosphere–ionosphere

Sarris, Theodoros E.; Talaat, Elsayed R.; Palmroth, Minna; Dandouras, Iannis; Armandillo, Errico; Kervalishvili, Guram; Buchert, Stephan; Tourgaidis, Stylianos; Malaspina, David M.; Jaynes, Allison N.; Paschalidis, Nikolaos; Sample, John; Halekas, Jasper; Doornbos, Eelco; Lappas, Vaios; Moretto Jørgensen, Therese; Stolle, Claudia; Clilverd, Mark; Wu, Qian; Sandberg, Ingmar; Pirnaris, Panagiotis; Aikio, Anita

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-153-2020

Articles | Volume 9, issue 1

Geosci. Instrum. Method. Data Syst., 9, 153–191, 2020

https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-153-2020

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Geosci. Instrum. Method. Data Syst., 9, 153–191, 2020

https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-153-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 9, issue 1

Research article 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 et al.

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Final revised paper (published on 22 Apr 2020)
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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
- RC2: 'A review', Anonymous Referee #2, 28 Oct 2019
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.