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Instrument details
Acronym SUF
Full name Spectrometer for measuring UV radiation from the Sun
Purpose Monitoring of solar UV radiation
Short description Description not available. Presumably, EUV spectrometer for the range 50-130 nm, inclusive of the H Lyman-alpha line ar 121.6 nm
Background Part of the instrument package carried by the Zond satellite of the 5-satellite Ionozonde constellation
Scanning Technique Sun pointing from a drifting LEO
Resolution N/A (full disk)
Coverage / Cycle Full solar disk at 1 s intervals
Mass Power Data Rate

 

Providing Agency Roscosmos
Instrument Maturity Flown on an R&D satellite
Utilization Period: 2025 to 2028
Last update: 2021-12-16
Detailed characteristics
Satellites this instrument is flying on

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Instrument classification
  • Solar and space environment monitors
  • Solar activity monitor
WIGOS Subcomponents
  • Subcomponent 2
  • Solar magnetograph, solar EUV/X-ray imagery and EUV/X-ray irradiance, both on the Earth-Sun line and off the Earth-Sun line
  • Solar EUV spectrometer [from L1, GEO, LEO]
  • Subcomponent 3
  • UV spectral imagery (e.g. GEO, HEO, MEO, LEO)
  • EUV spectrometer [from GEO, HEO, MEO, LEO]
Mission objectives
Primary mission objectives
  • Solar EUV flux spectrum
  • Solar Lyman-alpha flux
Evaluation of Measurements

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Note: * Primary mission objective.
VariableRelevance for measuring this variableOperational limitationsExplanation
Solar EUV flux spectrum*4 - fairNo specific limitation.Coarse spectral resolution, moderate dynamic range
Solar Lyman-alpha flux*2 - very highNo specific limitation.H-Ly-alpha at 121.6 nm (EUV/UV boundary)