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Appendix C: PI-Led Missions and Their Characteristics
Pages 59-69

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... Included are a range of missions in various disciplines, not only Earth science, and a range of scope from instrument-focused PI projects to multisensor payload missions where the PI was responsible for the entire mission from conception to spacecraft and sensor integration and launch, operations, and data analysis through orbit decommissioning. Mission examples are provided in all stages of a mission life cycle, including the study phase (formulation)
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From page 60...
... Jul 2002 Launch ­ Neutral Gas and Ion Mass Spectrometer, Tour (CONTOUR) Boeing Delta Remote Imaging Spectrograph, Dust Analyzer, Forward Imager Stardust Comet flyby sample return Feb 1999 Launch ­ Dust Flux Monitor, Cometary and Delta II, 7425 Interstellar Dust Analyzer Lunar Prospector Moon orbiter/impactor Jan 1998 Launch ­ Gamma Ray Spectrometer, Neutron Athena II Spectrometer, Alpha Particle Spectrometer, (Lockheed Martin)
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... following orbital maneuver and frame on August 15, 2002 JPL, Lockheed Martin, Max-Planck-Institut, PI ­ Donald Brownlee Discovery-1 Operating NASA Ames, NASA JSC, U Chicago (U.
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... interstellar gas clouds Fast Auroral Investigate plasma physics Aug 1996 Launch ­ 16 Electrostatic Analyzers, 4 Langmuir Probes Snapshot Explorer of auroral phenomena Pegasus XL on 30-m Booms, 2 Langmuir Probes on 3-m (FAST) Booms, Searchcoil and Fluxgate Magnetometers, Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer Solar Anomalous Measure elemental and Jul 1992 Launch ­ High-Energy Particle Detectors and Magnetospheric isotopic composition of Scout Particle Explorer solar energy particles (SAMPEX)
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... U Colo., UC Berkeley Principal Team Institutions Management Selection Status UC Berkeley, Paul Scherrer Institute, PI ­ Robert Lin SMEX 97 Operating NASA GSFC, Spectrum Astro, Inc.
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... CloudSat Measure cloud profiles 2004 Launch ­ 94-GHz Cloud Profiling Radar Delta 7420-10 launch vehicle, Ball RS2000 spacecraft bus Volcanic Ash Monitor volcanic clouds Piggyback on Ultraviolet and Infrared Detectors Mapper (VOLCAM) and aerosols from spacecraft and flight geostationary orbit of opportunity Aquarius Globally map salt Launch date TBD 3 Polarimetric Radiometers, concentration on ocean 1 Polarimetric Scatterometer surface Orbiting Carbon Make global measurements Launch date TBD ­ 3 Grating Spectrometers Observatory (OCO)
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From page 65...
... Ball Aerospace, Raytheon STX Corp., FAA, PI ­ Arlin Krueger ESSP-2 Alternate Not continued as alternate NOAA, USGS, Smithsonian Institution (NASA GSFC) NASA GSFC, Argentine space program; PI ­ Chester Koblinsky ESSP-3 Formulation phase >17 university, corporate, and international (NASA GSFC)
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From page 66...
... -2 Triana Monitor Earth's energy Launch date TBD ­ Scripps Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera, balance, diurnal changes, Space Shuttle, Advanced Radiometer Package, solar wind, space weather S/C Type ­ SMEX-Lite Plasma Magnetometer
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... Scripps Inst., NASA GSFC, PI ­ Francisco P.J. 1998 In storage awaiting opportunity Lockheed Martin, Ball Aerospace/NIST Valero (Scripps Inst.
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... Barth, SNOE and Lessons for PI-Led Missions, April 26, 2001 Dan N Baker, Managing and Developing Small Scientific Spacecraft, April 26, 2001 Byron Tapley, GRACE and Lessons for PI-led Missions, April 26, 2001 Graeme Stephens, CloudSat and Lessons for PI-led Missions, April 26, 2001 Ben Clark, Discovery Missions, April 26, 2001 NASA Missions Discovery, Explorer, and Solar-Terrestrial Probes CONTOUR: http://www.contour2002.org/ Deep Impact: http://deepimpact.umd.edu/ GALEX: http://www.srl.caltech.edu/galex/ Genesis: http://genesismission.jpl.nasa.gov/ Kepler: http://www.kepler.arc.nasa.gov/ RHESSI: http://hesperia.gsfc.nasa.gov/hessi/ Mars Express: http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/future/express.html MESSENGER: http://sd-www.jhuapl.edu/messenger/ IMAGE: http://pluto.space.swri.edu/image/ MAP: http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/ SNOE: http://lasp.colorado.edu/snoe/ Stardust: http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/ TRACE: http://vestige.lmsal.com/trace/ Lunar Prospector: http://lunar.arc.nasa.gov/ Mars Climate Orbiter: http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msp98/orbiter/ Mars Pathfinder: http://mpfwww.jpl.nasa.gov/default.html NEAR: http://near.jhuapl.edu/ Earth System Science Pathfinders Orbiting Carbon Observatory: http://essp.gsfc.nasa.gov/oco/index.html Aquarius: http://essp.gsfc.nasa.gov/aquarius/index.html HYDROS: http://essp.gsfc.nasa.gov/hydros/index.html CloudSat: http://essp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cloudsat/index.html
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... Lessons-Learned Workshop, June 26-27, 1996, Hampton, Virginia, August 1996, available online at Mars Program Independent Assessment Team, Summary Report, March 14, 2000, available online at Mars Climate Orbiter Mishap Investigation Board, Report on Project Management at NASA, March 13, 2000 Announcement of Opportunity/Earth System Science Pathfinder NASA, ESSP-3 AO, AO-01-OES-01, May 2001, available online at NASA, ESSP-2 AO, AO-98-OES-01, April 13, 1998 NASA, ESSP-1 AO, AO-96-OES-01, 1996
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Key Terms

  • lockheed martin
  • ball aerospace
  • spectrum astro
  • gamma ray
  • launch date

  • earth science
  • laser altimeter
  • date tbd
  • extreme ultraviolet
  • launch vehicle

  • mass spectrometer
  • space science
  • available online
  • principal team
  • lunar research

  • sample return
  • dust analyzer
  • nasa jsc
  • nasa ames
  • solar wind

  • implementation phase
  • centre national
  • langmuir probes
  • ray spectrometer
  • composite optics

  • space weather
  • boeing delta
  • ray telescope
  • multisensor payload
  • analysis phases


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