@inproceedings{Wall:2003,
author = {Wall, R and Smith, M and Sides, R and Lockwood, M and Morris, N and Waltham, N and Carr, C and Castelli, C and Eyles, C and Linder, D and Chaloner, C and Baldwin, L},
pages = {543--553},
title = {Earthshine: A deep-space small satellite to examine the Sun-Earth connection},
year = {2003}
}

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AB  - The Earth-Sun-Heliosphere Interactions Experiment (EARTHSHINE) mission will be the first deep-space mission designed, developed and executed solely by the UK. Providing a novel concept for a low-cost, fast, responsive project, EARTHSHINE builds on the UK's past involvement in small satellite development. Each of EARTHSHINE's four instruments is carefully designed to answer key questions about how Earth's climate and space environment are influenced by the Sun. EARTHSHINE will have a unique and continuous view of the dayside of the Earth yielding accurate measurements of the Earth's albedo and will simultaneously monitor the electromagnetic, particle and field outputs of the Sun. A coherent design philosophy is presented here based on the requirements that the spacecraft be simple, robust, have minimal operations workload and be based almost entirely on existing commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) equipment. This is achieved by using autonomous systems and on-board processing, thereby reducing operations to an absolute minimum. Many of the spacecraft systems processing duties have been integrated into the EADS Astrium UNIONICS package. The mission will also be the first to use Astrium's new UNIWIND carbon fibre structure which greatly simplifies the construction. The result is a highly independent, low mass (< 130kg) deep-space satellite that is scheduled to be launched in 2007. Copyright © 2003 by the International Astronautical Federation. All rights reserved.
AU  - Wall,R
AU  - Smith,M
AU  - Sides,R
AU  - Lockwood,M
AU  - Morris,N
AU  - Waltham,N
AU  - Carr,C
AU  - Castelli,C
AU  - Eyles,C
AU  - Linder,D
AU  - Chaloner,C
AU  - Baldwin,L
EP  - 553
PY  - 2003///
SP  - 543
TI  - Earthshine: A deep-space small satellite to examine the Sun-Earth connection
ER  - 

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