Detection of Electro-Magnetic Emissions Transmitted from Earthquake Regions
CHARACTERISTICS
Microsatellite from the CNES MYRIADE series
Instruments: electric sensors, magnetic sensors, a plasma analyser, a Langmuir probe, a particle detector.
Study the natural or anthropic ionospheric disturbances.
Sun synchroneous circular orbit at 715 km
Lifetime 2 years Extended by 3 years
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The project main steps
DEMETER (Detection of Electro-Magnetic Emissions Transmitted from Earthquake Regions) is the first project in the CNES MYRIADE microsatellite series.
The scientific purpose of the mission is to:
study the ionospheric disturbances related to seismic activity, study the ionospheric disturbances related to human activity, study the pre- and post-seismic effects in the ionosphere, contribute to understand the mechanisms generating those disturbances, give global information on the Earth's electromagnetic environment at the satellite altitude.
Latest Update 20/10/2011
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