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Provides an overview of the PROBA2 spacecraft, its instrumentation and its initial successes
Presents the novel techniques and procedures that PROBA2 employs to operate a small science mission, with applications to the spacecraft itself, the instruments, the mission operation canter and the science operation center
Discusses unique scientific opportunities that are available as a result of the SWAP and LYRA instruments onboard PROBA2
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Editors and Affiliations
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Royal Observatory of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium
David Berghmans, Marie Dominique, Jean-Francois Hochedez
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European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC), European Space Agency (ESA, Madrid, Spain
Anik Groof
About the editors
Dr. Anik de Groof is an ESA scientist for SWAP and LYRA, at the PROBA2 science center (located at the Royal Observatory of Belgium). She obtained her Ph.D. in Solar Physics in 2002 from the K.U. Leuven, Belgium, studying coronal heating mechanisms and coronal waves both in theory as in observational data, and is co-author of 20 refereed publications (NASA ADS number). She has been involved in PROBA2 since the pre-flight calibration of the EUV imager SWAP in 2006. Since then, she has actively contributed to the many phases of the mission, from the design and development of the PROBA2 Science Centre and the launch activities, to the daily instrument commanding, data processing and scientific exploitation of the SWAP and LYRA data. Recently, Dr. de Groof moved to the European Space and Astronomy Centre (ESAC) in Madrid to design and implement the Scientific Operations Centre for the upcoming Solar Orbiter mission.
Ir. Marie Dominique is a scientist at the Royal Observatory of Belgium. Her main scientific interests are the evolution of UV solar irradiance and solar flares. She joined the LYRA team at an early stage of its conception and took a significant part in the development of the instrument. Since mid-2010, Ir. Dominique has been the principal investigator of LYRA. She is co-author of 11 refereed publications (NASA ADS numbers).
Dr. Jean-François Hochedez is a solar physicist at the Royal Observatory of Belgium. During the development and the initial observations, Dr. Hochedez was the principal investigator of the LYRA instrument onboard PROBA2. His scientific research addresses all aspects of solar activity and variability by means of novel instrumentation and new schemes for data analysis. He is a co-investigator of instruments on board SOHO, STEREO, PROBA2, and PICARD, of which Dr. Hochedez is currently the mission scientist. He is co-author of 77 refereed publications (NASA ADS numbers).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The PROBA2 Mission
Book Subtitle: The First Two Years of Solar Observation
Editors: David Berghmans, Anik Groof, Marie Dominique, Jean-Francois Hochedez
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-8186-7Published: 26 June 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-8988-8Published: 08 July 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 301
Topics: Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics), Measurement Science and Instrumentation, Aerospace Technology and Astronautics