SWING (satellite)
European space weather-monitoring satellite
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SWING (Space Weather Ionosphere Nanosat Generation) is a future space weather mission for monitoring Earth's ionosphere,[1] under development by the European Space Agency's Space Safety Programme (S2P).[2] SWING will be the agency's first space weather nanosatellite and the first part of its Distributed Space Weather Sensor System (D3S).[3][4] It is expected to launch in 2027.[5]
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| Mission type | Space weather |
|---|---|
| Operator |  European Space Agency |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Bus | HP-IOT |
| Manufacturer |  Hemeria |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 2027 (planned) |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Sun-synchronous |
| Altitude | Between 500 and 600 km |
Background
The prime contractor of the mission is the French company Hemeria,[2][6][7][8][9] while Syntony GNSS (France) will provide the satellite's GNSS receiver[10] and Planetek (Italy) will develop the mission operations center.[11] The satellite's design is based on Hemeria's HP-IOT nanosatellite platform.[12][13]
Instruments
The satellites's payload consists of four instruments:[12]
- DREAM, radiation monitor by CNES and Steel Electronique, France
- XFM-NS, X-ray monitor by Isaware, Finland
- m-NLP, Langmuir Probe by EIDEL, Norway
- Aquila, GNSS instrument by Syntony, France
