PICARD Centre de Mission: Preparation and Exploitation

Persons :

• Dr.  DEWITTE Steven - Royal Meteorological Institute (RMI)
  Coordinator of the project
  Financed belgian partner
  Duration: 1/10/2005-30/9/2008
  

Description :

The project covers support to the development of a mission centre for the microsatellite PICARD, with foreseen launch in 2008. PICARD is developed by the French space agency CNES and will carry the following instruments: 1) SODISM for the measurement of the solar diameter, developed by CNRS-SA (France), 2) SOVAP for the measurement of the Total Solar Irradiance, developed by RMIB, 3) PREMOS with sunphotometers and for the measurement of the Total Solar Irradiance, developed by PMOD (Switzerland).

Satellite(s) or flight opportunity(ies):

- PICARD

Field of research:

Space Sciences: Solar and Plasma Physics / Earth Observation: Meteorology and Climatology