[P-EM08] Progress in Physics of the Inner Magnetosphere

[PEM08-12] The ERG project: current progress and the mission strategy

*Yoshizumi MIYOSHI¹, Iku SHINOHARA², Takeshi TAKASHIMA², Kazushi ASAMURA², Masafumi HIRAHARA¹, Haruhisa MATSUMOTO², Nana HIGASHIO², Satoshi KASAHARA², Takefumi MITANI², Shoichiro YOKOTA², Yoichi KAZAMA³, Yasumasa KASABA⁴, Ayako MATSUOKA⁴, Hirotsugu KOJIMA⁵, Yoshiya KASAHARA⁶, Masaki FUJIMOTO², Kazuo SHIOKAWA¹, Kanako SEKI¹, Tomoaki HORI¹, Yukinaga MIYASHITA¹, Kunihiro KEIKA¹, Masafumi SHOJI¹, Yoshiharu OMURA⁵, Yusuke EBIHARA⁵, Masahito NOSE⁵, Yuto KATOH², Takayuki ONO² (1.Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory, Nagoya University, 2.JAXA, 3.National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, 4.Tohoku University, 5.Kyoto University, 6.Kanazawa University)

Keywords:ERG project, international collaborations

The ERG (Exploration of energization and Radiation in Geospace) is Japanese geospace exploration project. The project focuses on relativistic electron acceleration mechanism of the outer belt in the context of the cross-energy coupling via wave-particle interactions. The ERG satellite will be launched in FY2016. In this presentation, we report the current progress of the ERG project including the development of the flight model of the satellite. Moreover, we present the strategy for the observations. Since the geospace phenomena strongly depend on the local time and L-shell, we have a plan for the campaign observations that focus on the specific phenomena. Possible coordinated observations with other geospace satellites and ground-based observations are also discussed.