Science Objectives of FACTORS mission

Yoshizumi Miyoshi, Naritoshi Kitamura, Kazushi Asamura, Takeshi Sakanoi, Takanori Nishiyama, Hirotsugu Kojima, Masahito Nose, Yuto Katoh, Kunihiro Keika, Atsuki Shinbori, Mizuki Fukizawa, Kiyoka Murase, Miki Kawamura

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P (Space and Planetary Sciences ) » P-EM Solar-Terrestrial Sciences, Space Electromagnetism & Space Environment

[P-EM09] Dynamics of Magnetosphere and Ionosphere

Sun. Jun 6, 2021 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM Ch.05 (Zoom Room 05)

convener:Akiko Fujimoto(Kyushu Institute of Technology), Mitsunori Ozaki(Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Institute of Science and Engineering, Kanazawa University), Yuka Sato(Nippon Institute of Technology), Aoi Nakamizo(Applied Electromagnetic Research Institute, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology), Chairperson:Hiroshi Hasegawa(Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), Masaki N Nishino(Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science)

11:25 AM - 11:40 AM

[PEM09-10] Science Objectives of FACTORS mission

*Yoshizumi Miyoshi¹, Naritoshi Kitamura², Kazushi Asamura³, Takeshi Sakanoi⁴, Takanori Nishiyama⁶, Hirotsugu Kojima⁵, Masahito Nose¹, Yuto Katoh⁴, Kunihiro Keika², Atsuki Shinbori^4,1, Mizuki Fukizawa⁴, Kiyoka Murase⁶, Miki Kawamura⁴ (1.Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, 2.University of Tokyo, 3.JAXA, 4.Tohoku University, 5.Kyoto University, 6.NIPR)

Keywords:polar ionosphere/magnetosphere, future mission

FACTORS (Frontiers of Formation, Acceleration, Coupling and Transport Mechanisms Observed by the Outer Space Research System) is a future polar orbiting satellite mission to understand coupling processes between space and Earth’s atmosphere including energy inputs from magnetosphere associated with aurora and ion outflow from ionosphere. FACTORS is a next-generation multi-satellite formation flight mission, and comprehensive plasma/particle and fields/waves instruments as well as visible/FUV imagers are installed. Major science objectives are 1) energy transport in the magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling system and their relationship to small-scale aurora phenomena, 2) particle transport in the magnetosphere-ionosphere system by ion outflow. In particular, we focus on the acceleration and/or heating of ions by plasma waves to the escaping energies. The team is now working for discussions about the science strategy. Moreover, the team conducts several simulation studies about orbit and measurements of waves. In this presentation, we report the science objectives and possible observation strategies.