Transient Luminous Events observed by the Tatiana II mission, and the next step.

by Dr. Oscar Martínez (BUAP)

Wednesday, 19 September 2012 from 13:00 to 14:00 (Mexico/General)
at ICN-UNAM ( Salón de Seminarios de Gravitación y Altas Energías )

Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Avenida Universidad No. 3000, Col. UNAM-C.U. Distrito Federal, C.P. 04510, México

Description

Satellite "Universitetsky-Tatiana-2" (later- on Tatiana-2 
satellite) was launched on September 20 of 2009 to solar 
synchronous polar orbit with the height 820-850 km and 
inclination 98:8 deg 26 [Sadovnichy et al. , 2011]. The main 
goal of the scientific program of this satellite as well 
as of the first satellite of the same class "Universitetsky
-Tatiana" [Sadovnichy et al., 2007] is the study of space 
near the Earth by measuring the charge particle fluxes at 
the orbit and radiation from the atmosphere. The data 
discussed in this talk were collected in period from October 
20, 2009 to January 17, 2010. We present the main 
chacacteristics of the TLE's observed and some of the several 
hypothetical models of their production are discussed. The 
next step of the University Space program: M.Lomonosov 
satellite is also presented.

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