Instrument Technologies

Miniature Instruments

Lightweight, miniaturized particles and fields instruments:

  • electron/ion mass spectrometer
  • energetic particle imager
  • radio/plasma wave imager
  • magnetometer

High-sensitivity, miniaturized optical instruments

Remote sensing of ionized convection and ion outflow

Miniature, sensitive analog electronics

Cryo-coolers

Tomographic inversion technologies

Spacecraft Technologies

Miniature autonomous spacecraft

Satellite networks

Li-metal batteries

Advanced propulsion techniques (e. g., solar electric propulsion)

Solar sails

Tether deployment technology

High-data-rate telemetry systems

Data assimilation and visualization