Space Exploration Sector

2015 NASA Internship Presentation

Johanna JanSIG / Eric Melindata_return

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SPP Mission

Mission Objectives:• Study structure and dynamics

of Sun’s coronal magnetic field• Understand how solar corona

and wind are heated and accelerated

• Determine what mechanisms accelerate and transport energetic particles

Orbit around Sun ~20 times, gradually getting closer and closer to Sun

Expected to launch in Summer of 2018

Sun

VenusMercury

Earth

Launch7/31/2018

1st Min Perihelionat 9.86 RS

12/19/2024

1st Perihelionat 35.7 RS

11/1/2018

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data_return

4 suites, 5 instruments

data_return• Create database• Populate database• Display results

http://spp-gsw-dev6/data_return/index.php

ISIS

EPI-HI

EPI-LO

FIELDS

FIELDS

SWEAP

SWEAP

WISPR

WISPRInstrument

Packet files- packets

PFIGateway

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Context Diagram

data_return

DCP Range,Average DCP

Range,Instrument, Daily Volume Range

Data return report

Database Server Web Server Client

User

PFI Gateway

populates

Telemetry Packet

Statistics Database

Instrument and

Spacecraft files

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data_returnWeb page

database

http://spp-gsw-dev6/data_return/index.php

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RBSP vs SPP data_returns

PFIGateway- Ingesting files

RBSP SPP

Other Missions

Data_return• Start and

End date Input

• Organized by days

Data_return• dcp range

input• Average dcp

range input• Daily volume

start and end date input

• Organized primarily by dcp and apid

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Packet File Ingest Gateway

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Learning Experience

Learned new languages• php, xml, html• a little JavaScript and jQuery

Learned how software industry works• Requirement and Design Review• Code Review• Committing code• Documentation• Test Plan

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Thanks for listening.Questions?