BackForwardInstrument:  VUSS 

Instrument details
Acronym VUSS
Full name Vacuum UV Solar spectrum
Purpose Long-term measurements of the solar EUV radiation
Short description Spectrometer for the EUV range 20-58 nm with resolving power λ/Δλ = 400, including Fe-XV at 28.4 nm, and He-II at 30.4 nm
Background Consolidated technology
Scanning Technique Sun pointing from a LEO high-inclination drifting orbit
Resolution N/A (full disk)
Coverage / Cycle Full Sun disk integral at about 1-s rate
Mass 18.5 kg Power 20 W Data Rate

 

Providing Agency Roscosmos
Instrument Maturity Flown on an R&D satellite
Utilization Period: 1994 to 2005
Last update: 2017-05-17
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]
Mission objectives
Primary mission objectives
  • Solar EUV flux spectrum
Evaluation of Measurements

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Note: * Primary mission objective.
VariableRelevance for measuring this variableOperational limitationsExplanation
Solar EUV flux spectrum*2 - very highNo specific limitation.High spectral resolution, moderate dynamic range