TARANIS — Scientific payload and mission strategy

Jean-Louis Pinçon (1) , E. Blanc (2) , P.L. Blelly (3) , Michel Parrot (1) , Jean-Louis Rauch (1) , J.A. Savaud (3) , Elena Seran (4)

1 LPC2E - Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environnement et de l'Espace
2 LDG - Laboratoire de Détection et de Géophysique (CEA)
3 URAP, University of Toulouse
4 HELIOS - LATMOS

On December 2010 the implementation phase of the TARANIS micro-satellite was authorized by the French space agency. TARANIS is dedicated to the study of impulsive transfers of energy between the Earth atmosphere and the space environment, and more precisely to the physics of the Transient Luminous Events (TLEs) and of the Terrestrial Gamma ray Flashes (TGFs). By 2015 TARANIS will provide combined Nadir observations of TLEs and TGFs, high resolution measurements of energetic electrons, and wave field measurements. The strategy adopted to maximize the scientific return of the data is presented.

Keywords: Lightning; Instruments; Terrestrial atmosphere; Atmospheric measurements; Satellites; Extraterrestrial measurements

Domains: Sciences of the Universe [physics]

Jean-Louis Pinçon, E. Blanc, P.L. Blelly, Michel Parrot, Jean-Louis Rauch, et al.. TARANIS — Scientific payload and mission strategy. 2011 XXXth URSI General Assembly and Scientific Symposium, Apr 2011, Istambul, Turkey. ⟨insu-01555806⟩