[P-EM13] Inner magnetosphere: Recent understanding and new insights

[PEM13-02] Recent results from Van Allen Probes and future prospects from the CeREs Cubesat

★Invited Papers

*Shrikanth G Kanekal¹, Daniel N Baker², Ashley Greeley¹, Lauren Blum¹, Quintin Schiller¹, David G Sibeck¹, Hong Zhao², Xinlin Li², Allison Jaynes³ (1.NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, 2.LASP, University of Colorado, Boulder, 3.Univeristy of Iowa)

Keywords:Radiation belts, CubeSat, energetic electrons

The Van Allen Probes mission, since its launch in August 2012 has advanced our
understanding of fundamental questions regarding the acceleration and loss of outer
Van Allen belt electron populations. Electron dynamics in the outer radiation belt are
driven by a number of physical processes, which affect low energy cold plasma to
relativistic and ultra-relativistic particle populations. I will present recent results
from Van Allen Probes mission focusing on the energetic electron dynamics. I will also
discuss the significant role of CubeSats that may lead to a paradigm shift in the way
space-based observations are carried out, e.g., by enabling multipoint observations.
I am currently leading a CubeSat mission, CeREs, the Compact Radiation belt Explorer,
CeREs that was launched December 2018 and is currently in the commissioning phase. CeREs will
provide high quality measurements of radiation belt electrons, especially microbursts.