Design and analysis of the Macau Science Satellite-1’s laser retro-reflector array
Earth and Planetary Physics, 2023 The origin and spatial−temporal variation of the Earth’s magnetic field (EMF) is one of the important scientific problems that has long been unsolved.
ZhiEn Cheng +5 more
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Preface to the Special Issue on the Macau Science Satellite-1 Mission
Earth and Planetary Physics, 2023 The Macau Science Satellite-1 (MSS-1) mission (https://mss.must.edu.mo/) is marked by a new high-precision constellation of satellites that will survey the Earth’s geomagnetic and space environment.
Dali Kong
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Study on the estimation of Euler angles for Macau Science Satellite-1
Earth and Planetary Physics, 2023 The Euler angle estimation is a calibration method for vector data measured by the magnetometer on a satellite. It is used to find the relative rotation between the coordinate system of the magnetometer and the satellite (usually determined by Star ...
Qing Yan +4 more
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Modeling the energetic electron eluxes in the inner radiation belt based on a drift-source model
Earth and Planetary Physics, 2023 The Macau Science Satellite-1 (MSS-1), designed by the Macao University of Science and Technology and the National Space Science Center (NSSC) of China, is equipped to detect the fine structure of the magnetic field over the South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA ...
Zheng Xiang +10 more
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Thermal stability analysis of a satellite-borne optical bench based on quasi-kinematic support
Earth and Planetary Physics, 2023 Macau Science Satellite-1 (known as MSS-1) is a low-inclination mission that will be launched at the beginning of 2023. An optical bench is used for accessing high-precision strength and direction measurements of the magnetic field.
Huan Zhang +5 more
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Numerical simulation of the sensor output on Macau Science Satellite-1
Earth and Planetary Physics, 2023 Macau Science Satellite-1 (MSS-1) will be launched at the early of 2023 into a near-circular orbit. The mission is designed to measure the Earth’s geomagnetic field with unpreceded accuracy through a new perspective.
XiZhi Li +6 more
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The behavior of a lithospheric magnetization and magnetic field model
Earth and Planetary Physics, 2023 The Earth’s “lithosphere” is its outer shell, made up of the Earth’s crust and outermost mantle. The part of the Earth’s magnetic field that originates in the lithosphere consists of a superposition of magnetic anomalies with a broad spectrum of sizes ...
PengFei Liu +3 more
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Efficiency calibration of solar X-ray detector onboard MSS-1B satellite
He jishu, 2023 BackgroundThe solar X-ray detector (SXD) is the main scientific instrument onboard the Macau Science Satellite-1B (MSS-1B). It consists of two parts—a soft X-ray detection unit and a hard X-ray detection unit—with a dual-channel design comprising a ...
FAN Lipeng +11 more
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Influences of various space current systems on the geomagnetic field in near-Earth space
Earth and Planetary Physics, 2023 Ground and space-based observations of the geomagnetic field are usually a superposition of different sources from the Earth’s core, lithosphere, ocean, ionosphere, and magnetosphere, and also from field-aligned currents coupling the ionosphere and ...
YaBing Wang +8 more
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Technical characteristics of Macau Science Satellite-1A
Earth and Planetary PhysicsThe Macau Science Satellite-1 (MSS-1) is the first space science satellite jointly developed on the Chinese mainland and in Macau. It comprises two satellites, named MSS-1A and MSS-1B, and holds considerable importance in China’s space exploration ...
Yan Li +15 more
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