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The technology of space plasma in-situ measurement on the China Seismo-Electromagnetic Satellite

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The China Seismo-Electromagnetic satellite (CSES) was designed to study the ionospheric disturbances associated with earthquakes. Satellite payload includes nine instruments. Among them, we recall instruments for plasma analysis, electric, magnetic fields and high energy particle detectors. Langmuir probe (LP) and plasma analyzer package (PAP) are the in-situ payloads to measure space plasma. Its scientific objective is to research space plasma physics phenomena and the ionosphere changes caused by seismic. It is the first application of in-situ measurement technology in the field of space exploration in China. The Langmuir probe and Plasma Analyzer Package have been tested and calibrated to verify the performance in INAF-IAPS. Currently, on-orbit testing is being performed with satellites.

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  1. National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China

    Chao Liu, YiBing Guan, XiangZhi Zheng, AiBing Zhang & YueQiang Sun

  2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

    AiBing Zhang

  3. Beijing Key Laboratory of Space Environment Exploration, Beijing, 100190, China

    Chao Liu, YiBing Guan, XiangZhi Zheng, AiBing Zhang & YueQiang Sun

  4. INAF-IAPS, Rome, 00133, Italy

    Diego Piero

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Liu, C., Guan, Y., Zheng, X. et al. The technology of space plasma in-situ measurement on the China Seismo-Electromagnetic Satellite. Sci. China Technol. Sci. 62, 829–838 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11431-018-9345-8

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