Status of geospace x-ray imager mission (GEO-X)

Yuichiro Ezoe; Ryu Funase; Harunori Nagata; Yoshizumi Miyoshi; Hiroshi Nakajima; Ikuyuki Mitsuishi; Kumi Ishikawa; Masaki Numazawa; Yuki Sato; Yosuke Kawabata; Ryota Fuse; Shintaro Nakajima; Ralf Boden; Landon Kamps; Yuki Nobuhara; Shota Hirai; Tomokage Yoneyama; Kouichi Hagino; Yosuke Matsumoto; Keisuke Hosokawa; Satoshi Kasahara; Daiki Ishi; Junko Hiraga; Kazuhisa Mitsuda; Masaki Fujimoto; Munetaka Ueno; Atsushi Yamazaki; Hiroshi Hasegawa; Takefumi Mitani; Yasuhiro Kawakatsu; Takahiro Iwata; Hiroyuki Koizumi; Hironori Sahara; Yoshiaki Kanamori; Kohei Morishita

doi:10.1117/12.3018746

21 August 2024 Status of geospace x-ray imager mission (GEO-X)

Yuichiro Ezoe, Ryu Funase, Harunori Nagata, Yoshizumi Miyoshi, Hiroshi Nakajima, Ikuyuki Mitsuishi, Kumi Ishikawa, Masaki Numazawa, Yuki Sato, Yosuke Kawabata, Ryota Fuse, Shintaro Nakajima, Ralf Boden, Landon Kamps, Yuki Nobuhara, Shota Hirai, Tomokage Yoneyama, Kouichi Hagino, Yosuke Matsumoto, Keisuke Hosokawa, Satoshi Kasahara, Daiki Ishi, Junko Hiraga, Kazuhisa Mitsuda, Masaki Fujimoto, Munetaka Ueno, Atsushi Yamazaki, Hiroshi Hasegawa, Takefumi Mitani, Yasuhiro Kawakatsu, Takahiro Iwata, Hiroyuki Koizumi, Hironori Sahara, Yoshiaki Kanamori, Kohei Morishita

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Proceedings Volume 13093, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray; 130932E (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018746
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2024, Yokohama, Japan

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GEO-X (GEOspace X-ray imager) is a small satellite mission to visualize the Earth’s magnetosphere through Solar Wind Charge eXchange (SWCX). SWCX is known as soft X-ray emissions generated by the charge exchange between highly charged-state heavy ions and neutral atoms in the Earth’s exosphere. The GEO-X satellite is aimed to be launched during the upcoming solar maximum around 2025-2027 and is planned to be injected to a low-latitude orbit which allows visualization of the magnetosphere from outside the magnetosphere. The satellite will carry a light-weight X-ray imaging spectrometer, dramatically improving the size and weight of those onboard past X-ray astronomy satellites.

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Yuichiro Ezoe, Ryu Funase, Harunori Nagata, Yoshizumi Miyoshi, Hiroshi Nakajima, Ikuyuki Mitsuishi, Kumi Ishikawa, Masaki Numazawa, Yuki Sato, Yosuke Kawabata, Ryota Fuse, Shintaro Nakajima, Ralf Boden, Landon Kamps, Yuki Nobuhara, Shota Hirai, Tomokage Yoneyama, Kouichi Hagino, Yosuke Matsumoto, Keisuke Hosokawa, Satoshi Kasahara, Daiki Ishi, Junko Hiraga, Kazuhisa Mitsuda, Masaki Fujimoto, Munetaka Ueno, Atsushi Yamazaki, Hiroshi Hasegawa, Takefumi Mitani, Yasuhiro Kawakatsu, Takahiro Iwata, Hiroyuki Koizumi, Hironori Sahara, Yoshiaki Kanamori, and Kohei Morishita "Status of geospace x-ray imager mission (GEO-X)", Proc. SPIE 13093, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, 130932E (21 August 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018746

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