Toward the most accurate thermometer in space: FORMOSAT-7/COSMIC-2 constellation

CJ Fong, CH Chu, CL Lin… - IEEE Aerospace and …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
FORMOsa SATellite mission-2/Constellation Observing System for Meteorology,
Ionosphere, and Climate mission-2 (FORMOSAT-7/COSMIC-2) is a Taiwan-US collaborative …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of E layer dominated ionosphere events using COSMIC/FORMOSAT-3 and CHAMP ionospheric radio occultation data

S Kamal, N Jakowski, MM Hoque, J Wickert - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
At certain geographic locations, especially in the polar regions, the ionization of the
ionospheric E layer can dominate over that of the F2 layer. The associated electron density …

Assessing antenna field of view and receiver clocks of COSMIC and GRACE satellites: lessons for COSMIC-2

TP Tseng, K Zhang, C Hwang, U Hugentobler… - GPS solutions, 2014 - Springer
We provide suggestions for the approved COSMIC-2 satellite mission regarding the field of
view (FOV) and the clock stability of its future GNSS receiver based on numerical analyses …

Autonomous sun-direction estimation using partially underdetermined coarse sun sensor configurations

SA O'Keefe - 2015 - search.proquest.com
In recent years there has been a significant increase in interest in smaller satellites as lower
cost alternatives to traditional satellites, particularly with the rise in popularity of the CubeSat …

Quest over the sampling error of COSMIC radio occultation temperature climatologies

Z Shen, K Zhang, Q He, M Wan, L Li… - Journal of Atmospheric …, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
The sampling error caused by the uneven distribution of radio occultation (RO) profiles in
both space and time domains is an important error source of RO climatologies. In this paper …

Use of radio occultation to probe the high latitude ionosphere

AJ Mannucci, BT Tsurutani… - Atmospheric …, 2015 - amt.copernicus.org
We have explored the use of COSMIC data to provide valuable scientific information on the
ionospheric impacts of energetic particle precipitation during geomagnetic storms …

A near-real-time automatic orbit determination system for COSMIC and its follow-on satellite mission: analysis of orbit and clock errors on radio occultation

YS Li, C Hwang, TP Tseng, CY Huang… - IEEE transactions on …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The COSMIC-2 mission is a follow-on mission of the Constellation Observing System for
Meteorology, Ionosphere, and Climate (COSMIC) with an upgraded payload for improved …

[PDF][PDF] Approaching the first global radio occultation operational mission using constellation leo satellites

NL Yen, CJ Fong, GS Chang - … Satellite Conference, At Sopot …, 2012 - www-cdn.eumetsat.int
NSPO along with the US partners, ie NSF, UCAR, NASA, JPL, USAF and NOAA, have been
on the forefront of radio occultation measurements in launching the FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC …

Future low earth observation radio occultation mission: From research to operations

CJ Fong, NL Yen, GS Chang, KLB Cook… - 2012 IEEE …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC (Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere,
and Climate) mission consisting of six Low-Earth-Orbit (LEO) satellites is an experimental …

The constellation observing system for meteorology ionosphere and climate follow-on mission

KLB Cook, P Wilczynski, CJ Fong… - 2011 Aerospace …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
COSMIC/FORMOSAT-3 is a joint US-Taiwan 6-microsatellite demonstration mission that
was launched in April 2006. It is the world's first operational GPS radio occultation (RO) …