Authors
Thomas J Immel, SL England, SB Mende, RA Heelis, CR Englert, Jerry Edelstein, HU Frey, EJ Korpela, ER Taylor, WW Craig, SE Harris, M Bester, GS Bust, G Crowley, JM Forbes, J-C Gérard, JM Harlander, JD Huba, Benoît Hubert, F Kamalabadi, JJ Makela, AI Maute, RR Meier, C Raftery, Pierre Rochus, OHW Siegmund, AW Stephan, GR Swenson, S Frey, DL Hysell, A Saito, KA Rider, MM Sirk
Publication date
2018/2
Source
Space Science Reviews
Volume
214
Pages
1-36
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Description
The Ionospheric Connection Explorer, or ICON, is a new NASA Explorer mission that will explore the boundary between Earth and space to understand the physical connection between our world and our space environment. This connection is made in the ionosphere, which has long been known to exhibit variability associated with the sun and solar wind. However, it has been recognized in the 21st century that equally significant changes in ionospheric conditions are apparently associated with energy and momentum propagating upward from our own atmosphere. ICON’s goal is to weigh the competing impacts of these two drivers as they influence our space environment. Here we describe the specific science objectives that address this goal, as well as the means by which they will be achieved. The instruments selected, the overall performance requirements of the science payload and the operational …
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