instituto de astrofísica de andalucía – c.s.i.c research institute of the consejo superior de...
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Institu
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e Astro
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alucía – C
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• Research Institute of the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas
• Main activities devoted to Astrophysics and Space Sciences
• Research areas are:
Active Galactic Nuclei, starburst galaxies and group of galaxies
Galactic structure and stellar clusters
Planetary atmospheres
Space exploration
Stellar pulsation and evolution
Very large baseline and interferometry (VLBI)
• More than 100 persons distributed in 4 departments and 1 section for Scientific Instrumentation Development among others
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alucía – C
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TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC BACKGROUNDBACKGROUND
TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC BACKGROUNDBACKGROUND
PLANETARY ATMOSPHERES
• Airglow of the Earth´s atmosphere
Design and construction of several rockets payloads consisting of two-four channel photometers FOCCA I and II, FOCCA-S (four infrared photometers) and new payloads in FEIROX and FEIROH
Participation in the EURD instrument to study diffuse EUV radiation on board MINISAT-01
• Atmospheric composition of terrestrial planets and Titan
Development of theoretical models of the Earth atmosphere (mesosphere and lower thermosphere) composition and for the middle and upper atmospheres of Mars and Titan
Participation in the Planetary Fourier Spectrometer (PFS) for MARS 94/96. Design of the central control unit for the management of data processes
A similar instrument is under construction for Mars Express Mission of ESA
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TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC BACKGROUND IIBACKGROUND II
TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC BACKGROUND IIBACKGROUND II
PLANETARY ATMOSPHERES
• Atmospheric composition of terrestrial planets and Titan
Participation in the CASSINI-HUYGENS mission to Saturn (NASA-ESA). In the Huygens Atmospheric Structure Instrument (HASI) IAA provided the analogue electronics of the Permitivity, Waves and Altimetry (PWA).
Balloon Campaign Comas Sola for the test of the HASI instrument
• Infrared atmospheric emissions in the terrestrial planets
Non-LTE radiative transfer models have been developed and have been applied to the interpretation of measurements in ATMOS and ISAMS missions
Participation in the definition of the scientific objectives of the MIPAS instrument (ENVISAT) through the Science Advisory Group
Other participations in: SABER (NASA Mission TIMED), ASI/MET (Mars Pathfinder) and PMIRR (Mars Climate Orbiter)
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TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC BACKGROUND IIIBACKGROUND III
TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC BACKGROUND IIIBACKGROUND III
ASTROPHYSICS
• Scientific collaborations:
ISO - ESA
Spectrum X-Gamma – Russian Mission
INTEGRAL – ESA
• COROT –The Ground Segment is under the Spanish responsibility
Unidad de Desarrollo Instrumental - Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía
OSIRIS (Optical, Spectroscopic and Infrared Remote Imaging System)
Comprises two high resolution cameras that will be uses in the fly-by phase for orbital observations of the nucleus of the comet. The cameras contain a selection of optical filters for obtaining mineralogical data and recording surface activity
Unidad de Desarrollo Instrumental - Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía
Mechanism Controller Board – OSIRIS - ROSETTA
Performances: Digital circuits for communications with the DPU, instrument housekeeping and mechanism control
Unidad de Desarrollo Instrumental - Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía
GIADA (Grain Impact Analyser and Dust Accumulator)
To study the mechanical properties of dust close to the comet nucleus. Three types of sensors will measure the mass, velocity, momentum and flux of the dust particles
Unidad de Desarrollo Instrumental - Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía
Giada2 – GIADA - ROSETTA
Performances: Data acquisition from the different sensors, data pre-processing and processing, S/C interfaces, Data Conversion and Power Supply, Housekeeping of the instrument
Unidad de Desarrollo Instrumental - Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía
Eddicam – EDDINGTON – ESA
PRE-PROCESSING UNIT CONCEPTUAL DESIGN
DPU
CCD ELECTRONIC AND ROE
MEMORY
156 MBytes
LOGIC
CCD
I / F
PPU 2
I / F
MEMORY
156 MBytes
LOGIC
CCD
I / F
PPU 2
I / F
MEMORY
156 MBytes
LOGIC
CCD
I / F
PPU 2
I / F
MEMORY
156 MBytes
LOGIC
CCD
I / F
PPU 2
I / F
PPU1-1PPU1-1 PPU1-2PPU1-2 PPU1-3PPU1-3 PPU1-4PPU1-4
PPU1 - I / F
DPU - I / F
MEMORY 780 MBytes LOGIC P
RAM + ROM