The Remote Atmospheric and Ionospheric Detection System experiment on the ISS: mission overview

Scott A. Budzien; Rebecca L. Bishop; Andrew W. Stephan; Paul R. Straus; Andrew B. Christensen; James H. Hecht

doi:10.1117/12.826513

23 September 2009 The Remote Atmospheric and Ionospheric Detection System experiment on the ISS: mission overview

Scott A. Budzien, Rebecca L. Bishop, Andrew W. Stephan, Paul R. Straus, Andrew B. Christensen, James H. Hecht

Proceedings Volume 7438, Solar Physics and Space Weather Instrumentation III; 74380X (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.826513
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2009, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The Remote Atmospheric and Ionospheric Detection System (RAIDS) is a suite of three photometers, three spectrometers, and two spectrographs which span the wavelength range 50-874 nm and remotely sense the thermosphere and ionosphere by scanning and imaging the limb. RAIDS was originally designed, built, delivered, and integrated onto a NOAA TIROS satellite in 1992. After a series of unfruitful flight opportunities, RAIDS is now certified for flight on the Kibo Japanese Experiment Module-Exposed Facility (JEM-EF) aboard the International Space Station (ISS) in September 2009. The RAIDS mission objectives have been refocused since its original flight opportunity to accommodate the lower ISS orbit and to account for recent scientific progress. RAIDS underwent a fast-paced hardware modification program to prepare for the ISS mission. The scientific objectives of the new RAIDS experiment are to study the temperature of the lower thermosphere (100-200 km), to measure composition and chemistry of the lower thermosphere and ionosphere, and to measure the initial source of OII 83.4 nm emission. RAIDS will provide valuable data useful for exploring tidal effects in the thermosphere and ionosphere system, validating dayside ionospheric remote sensing methods, and studying local time variations in important chemical and thermal processes.

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Scott A. Budzien, Rebecca L. Bishop, Andrew W. Stephan, Paul R. Straus, Andrew B. Christensen, and James H. Hecht "The Remote Atmospheric and Ionospheric Detection System experiment on the ISS: mission overview", Proc. SPIE 7438, Solar Physics and Space Weather Instrumentation III, 74380X (23 September 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.826513

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