Synopses & Reviews
The PRoject for OnBoard Autonomy (PROBA) missions are a series of microsatellites launched by the European Space Agency (ESA) and intended to provide an in-orbit test platform for new technologies. The second satellite in the series, PROBA2, was launched on November 2,
About the Author
Dr. David Berghmans is Operational Director a.i. of the research group "Solar Physics and Space Weather" at the Royal Observatory of Belgium.
Table of Contents
Part I PROBA2 satellite and instrument papers.- Title TBA, on PROBA.- The SWAP EUV Imaging Telescope.- Part I Instrument Overview and Pre-Flight Testing.- The SWAP EUV Imaging Telescope.- Part II In-flight Performance and Calibration.- Title TBA, on LYRA.- Part II The PROBA2 Science Center.- The Projects for Onboard Autonomy (PROBA2) Science Centre: Sun Watcher Using APS Detectors and Image Processing (SWAP) and Large-Yield Radiometer (LYRA) Science Operations and Data Products.- Part III Scientific results from SWAP and LYRA observations.- Formation of a White-Light Jet Within a Quadrupolar Magnetic Configuration.- Study of a Prominence Eruption using PROBA2/SWAP and STEREO/EUVI Data.- Solar TErrestrial Relations Observatory-A (STEREO-A) and PRoject for On-Board Autonomy 2 (PROBA2) Quadrature Observations of Reflections of Three EUV Waves from a Coronal Hole.- Detection of Solar Rotational Variability in the Large Yield RAdiometer (LYRA) 190 - 222 nm Spectral Band.- Eclipses Observed by Large Yield RAdiometer (LYRA) - A Sensitive Tool to Test Models for the Solar Irradiance.- Dynamics of Coronal Bright Points as Seen by Sun Watcher Using Active Pixel System Detector and Image Processing (SWAP), Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA), and Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI).- Prominence-cavity regions observed using SWAP 17.4 nm filtergrams and simultaneous eclipse flash spectra.- SoFAST: Automated Flare Detection with the PROBA2/SWAP EUV Imager.- Sun-as-a-Star Observation of Flares in Lyman alpha by the PROBA2/LYRA radiometer.- Title TBA, on CLAIRE.