Concept of Sporadic E Monitoring Using Space-Based Low Power Multiple Beacon-Systems
Current monitoring systems to detect sporadic E use ground-based setups, ionosondes, and the network of GNSS satellites in order to assess the phenomenon of sporadic E. This paper aims to monitor sporadic E using a miniature space-based platform in an atypical way. The setup consists of multiple rad...
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| description | Current monitoring systems to detect sporadic E use ground-based setups, ionosondes, and the network of GNSS satellites in order to assess the phenomenon of sporadic E. This paper aims to monitor sporadic E using a miniature space-based platform in an atypical way. The setup consists of multiple radio-amateur beacon systems aboard satellites, each having a specific modulation and transmission scheme. This Radio Amateur Beacon System for the Investigation of the Ionosphere (RABSII) is coupled to a GNSS receiver, revealing the location of the platform. Multiple beacon data streams are sequentially sent from a satellite platform towards the Earth. By receiving and comparing the Signal-to-Noise ratios of these streams using a dedicated ground-based radio-amateur network of receiving stations, the presence of sporadic E can be determined, and a location-based model can be built. The advantage of this miniaturized, low-power, low-cost instrument is its ability to be put on any satellite platform in the future in order to map sporadic E. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-003e4192685642c4ad5a231e4975df8f2025-08-20T01:53:44ZengMDPI AGAtmosphere2073-44332024-10-011511130610.3390/atmos15111306Concept of Sporadic E Monitoring Using Space-Based Low Power Multiple Beacon-SystemsJurgen Vanhamel0Marc Berwaerts1Stefano Speretta2Sevket Uludag3TU Delft-Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Kluyverweg 1, 2629 HS Delft, The NetherlandsUnion of Belgian Radio-Amateurs, RST-VZW, 3800 Sint-Truiden, BelgiumTU Delft-Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Kluyverweg 1, 2629 HS Delft, The NetherlandsTU Delft-Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Kluyverweg 1, 2629 HS Delft, The NetherlandsCurrent monitoring systems to detect sporadic E use ground-based setups, ionosondes, and the network of GNSS satellites in order to assess the phenomenon of sporadic E. This paper aims to monitor sporadic E using a miniature space-based platform in an atypical way. The setup consists of multiple radio-amateur beacon systems aboard satellites, each having a specific modulation and transmission scheme. This Radio Amateur Beacon System for the Investigation of the Ionosphere (RABSII) is coupled to a GNSS receiver, revealing the location of the platform. Multiple beacon data streams are sequentially sent from a satellite platform towards the Earth. By receiving and comparing the Signal-to-Noise ratios of these streams using a dedicated ground-based radio-amateur network of receiving stations, the presence of sporadic E can be determined, and a location-based model can be built. The advantage of this miniaturized, low-power, low-cost instrument is its ability to be put on any satellite platform in the future in order to map sporadic E.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/15/11/1306PocketQubesporadic Eionospheresolar radiationspace weather |
| spellingShingle | Jurgen Vanhamel Marc Berwaerts Stefano Speretta Sevket Uludag Concept of Sporadic E Monitoring Using Space-Based Low Power Multiple Beacon-Systems Atmosphere PocketQube sporadic E ionosphere solar radiation space weather |
| title | Concept of Sporadic E Monitoring Using Space-Based Low Power Multiple Beacon-Systems |
| title_full | Concept of Sporadic E Monitoring Using Space-Based Low Power Multiple Beacon-Systems |
| title_fullStr | Concept of Sporadic E Monitoring Using Space-Based Low Power Multiple Beacon-Systems |
| title_full_unstemmed | Concept of Sporadic E Monitoring Using Space-Based Low Power Multiple Beacon-Systems |
| title_short | Concept of Sporadic E Monitoring Using Space-Based Low Power Multiple Beacon-Systems |
| title_sort | concept of sporadic e monitoring using space based low power multiple beacon systems |
| topic | PocketQube sporadic E ionosphere solar radiation space weather |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/15/11/1306 |
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