The Broad Band Receiver (BBR) Instrument on the Demonstrations and Science Experiments (DSX) Spacecraft

Abstract

This final report summarizes events, analysis, and conclusions regarding the Stanford University Broad Band Receiver (BBR) flown aboard the Demonstrations and Science Experiments (DSX) Satellite, including pre-flight, flight, and post-flight activities, during period of performance covering 04-Apr-2018 to 31-Aug-2022.BBRalong with the companion instrument TNT performed well, especially as regards Boomerang propagation mode, whereby pulses transmitted by TNT return as echoes then received by BBR, allowing to measure absolute wave intensity and infer injection efficiency, and supporting new wave/particle studies to assess impact to radiation-belt electron populations. The primary dataset comprises over 2,200 TPK 5channel full-bandwidth Burst mode data files. Several types of expected and unexpected observations and results are presented, many suggestive of new physics yet to be explored.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 15, 2022
Accession Number
AD1190206

Entities

People

  • David Lauben
  • Ivan Linscott
  • Umran Savaş İnan

Organizations

  • Stanford University

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Bandwidth
  • Contracts
  • Demonstrations
  • Detection
  • Efficiency
  • Electrons
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Bands
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Ground Stations
  • Gunfire Detectors
  • Intensity
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Narrowband
  • Physics
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Radiation
  • Spacecraft
  • Standards
  • Vehicles
  • Wave Power

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  • Radar Systems Engineering.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • Microelectronics
  • Space