BackInstrument:  UVI (SMILE) 

Instrument details
Acronym UVI (SMILE)
Full name Ultraviolet Aurora Imager
Purpose To image Earth's northern auroral regions
Short description
  • UVI operates in the long wavelength range of the N2 Lyman-Birge-Hopfield (LBH) band, specifically between 160–180 nm. 
  • The detector is an intensified charge-coupled device 
  • More details here
Background
  • New development
Scanning Technique
Resolution 150 km
Coverage / Cycle UVI will continuously monitor the complete auroral oval for over 40 hours
Mass Power Data Rate

 

Providing Agency CAS
Instrument Maturity Flown on an R&D satellite
Utilization Period: 2026 to 2029
Last update: 2025-11-24
Detailed characteristics
Satellites this instrument is flying on

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Instrument classification
  • Solar and space environment monitors
  • Space radiometer or spectrometer
WIGOS Subcomponents
  • Subcomponent 3
  • UV spectral imagery (e.g. GEO, HEO, MEO, LEO)
  • UV spectral imager [from GEO, HEO, MEO, LEO]
Mission objectives
Primary mission objectives
  • Aurora
  • UV flux
Evaluation of Measurements

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Note: * Primary mission objective.