Prediction of blue, red and green aurorae at Mars

Lilensten, Jean; Bernard, D.; Barthélemy, Mathieu; Gronoff, Guillaume; Wedlund, Cyril Simon; Opitz, A.

doi:10.1016/j.pss.2015.04.015

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“…The night-side observations by MarsCAT will allow a better understanding of FAC and the source of the night side ionosphere. MarsCAT will be able to evaluate how important crustal fields are for FAC that can create aurora 8 .…”

Section: How Is the Ionosphere On The Night Side Maintained?mentioning

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MARSCat: Imaging of the Martian Ionosphere using a CubeSat Constellation

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The MarsCAT (Mars Array of ionospheric Research Satellites forming the Constellation for Aeronomy and Tomography) Mission is a multi 6U CubeSat mission to study the ionosphere of Mars for a future mission of opportunity. The mission will investigate the plasma and magnetic structure of the Martian ionosphere, including transient plasma structures, magnetic field structure and dynamics, and energetic particle activity. The transit plan calls for a piggy back ride on a major mission using a solar electric propulsion burn for Mars Orbit Insertion (MOI). MarsCAT will make correlated multipoint studies of the ionosphere and magnetic field of Mars. Specifically, the several spacecraft will make in situ observations of the plasma density, temperature, and convection in the ionosphere of Mars. Multipoint observations are crucial requirements for attaining all the major science goals. They will also make total electron content measurements along the line of sight between the various spacecraft and simultaneous 3-axis local magnetic field measurements in several locations. The MarsCAT CubeSats will have five science instruments: a 3-axis DC magnetometer, a double-Langmuir probe, a Thermal Ion Analyzer, a solid state energetic particle detector, and interspacecraft total electron content radio occulation experiment. The MarsCAT spacecraft will be solar powered and equipped with a plasma thruster that can provide up to 4.8 km/s of Δv, which is sufficient to achieve Mars orbit using a major mission piggyback. They have an active attitude control system, using a sun sensor and flight-proven star tracker for attitude determination, and momentum wheels for 3-axis attitude control.

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Section: How Is the Ionosphere On The Night Side Maintained?mentioning

confidence: 99%

MARSCat: Imaging of the Martian Ionosphere using a CubeSat Constellation

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Moldwin

et al. 2021

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“…UVIS should combine nadir and limb emission observations to study the intensity and the spatial distribution of the auroral emissions, with attention to the residual magnetic field regions and to strong solar events. Recently, Lilensten et al (2015) [77] suggested that during strong solar events there could be auroral emissions in the visible, possibly localized as well, including the red and green lines of atomic oxygen and the CO 2 + Fox-Duffenbach-Barker (FDB) bands in the blue-visible spectral region. The UVIS channel offers possibilities to detect such events.…”

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Investigations of the Mars Upper Atmosphere with ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter

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“…The night ionosphere observations by MarsCAT will allow a better understanding of FAC and the source to the night side ionosphere. MarsCAT will be able to evaluate how important crustal fields are for FAC that can create aurora 16 .…”

Section: How Is the Ionosphere On The Night Side Maintained?mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…MarsCAT will test current models for the Martian Ionosphere. Specifically, the MarsCAT pair will provide the location of the Martian ionopause with concurrent solar n/a n/a n/a n/a Mag Field Range (nT) 0-10,000 n/a n/a n/a n/a Freq Range (vector/sec or samples/sec) 16 6.4 samples/s. 32 wind/magnetosheath density and velocity information throughout the mission.…”

Section: Cause Of Density Anomalies In the Martian Ionospherementioning

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“…We will test whether 18 or not 31,61 the boundary moves significantly in response to variations in solar EUV. We will inspect the evidence indicating that crustal magnetic fields corresponding to mini-magnetospheres raise the altitude of the magnetic pileup boundary (i.e., ionopause) 27 or even replace it, as predicted by simulations 15,16 .…”

Section: Ionopause Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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