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The experiment AtmoHIT, the Atmospheric Heterodyne Interferometer Test, is part of the REXUS program, also pre-verification of AtmoCube-1 project. AtmoHIT has the goal to verify the AtmoCube-1 remote sensing instrument under space conditions by measuring temperatures in the middle atmosphere. The 3U CubeSat AtmoCube-1 is currently developed within the Development Initiative for Small Satellites Exploring Climate Processes by Tomography (DISSECT), initiated at the University of Wuppertal and the Research Centre Jülich. The AtmoHIT experiment consists of a highly miniaturized and rigid Spatial Heterodyne Spectrometer (SHS), which measures the oxygen atmospheric band emission in the middle atmosphere. The instrument resolves individual rotational lines whose intensities follow a Boltzmann law allowing for the derivation of temperature from the relative structure of these lines. This instrument is characterized by its high throughput at a small form factor, allowing to perform scientific remote sensing measurements within a CubeSat.
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facebook.comThe REXUS 21/22 rocket launch campaign was successfully completed during the period of the 6th to 18th March 2017 at Esrange Space Center, Kiruna, Sweden. The two rockets REXUS 21 and 22 were successfully launched successively on the 15th and 16th of March, respectively. Our AtmoHIT experiment was onboard the REXUS 22 rocket and it functioned well and performed as we expected. our rocket lifted off to the sky at 14:00 pm on the 16th March, and soared up to around 80 kilometers altitude into the atmosphere. YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FV5FttYs6lo
View from the REXUS 22 @ 80km altitude. Many thanks for this beautiful view. Many thanks to the our supervisors at ESRANGE: ESA - European Space Agency, SSC - Swedish Space Corporation, DLR - Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, ZARM - Zentrum für angewandte Raumfahrttechnologie und Mikrogravitation, MORABA - Mobile Raketenbasis and the student teams: - DIANE - UB-SPACE - SALACIA - DREAM - AtmoHIT - U-PHOS - GRAB - RaCoS It was an unforgettable experience.
The presentation of our AtmoHIT experiment at IEK-7, Jülich Research Centre, Germany.
http://www.esa.int/Education/Student_experiments_take_to_the_skies_on_REXUS_21_22
REXUS 21/22 post-flight presentation is ongoing!
REXUS 22 rocket recovery finished successfully!! Our payload back again!!
The REXUS 22 rocket with our AtmoHIT Experiment has been successfully launched and the payload is already back on earth. Now we wait for the recovery to get our scientific data from the SD-Cards inside of our instrument.
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