CHARGING AND DETECTION OF MESOSPHERIC DUST WITH INSTRUMENT SPID ON G-CHASER ROCKET

• Main Authors: Gunnarsdottir, Tinna, Trollvik, Henriette, Mann, Ingrid, Olsen, Sveinung viggo, Eilertsen, Yngve, Antonsen, Tarjei, Björk, Arne, Restad, Erlend, Havnes, Ove, Fredriksen, Åshild, Boothby, Christoffer, Hansen, Rikke Hedelund, Floer, Markus
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: European Space Agency (ESA) 2019
• Subjects: VDP::Technology: 500::Electrotechnical disciplines: 540::Electronics: 541; VDP::Teknologi: 500::Elektrotekniske fag: 540::Elektronikk: 541; Andøya; Faraday
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/17835

The Smoke Particle Impact Detector (SPID) was flown on the G-Chaser student rocket that was launched from Andøya on 13 January 2019. SPID is a Faraday cup instrument with applied bias voltages to deflect the ambient plasma and a target area inside the probe designed to measure the dust particles by ch...