A total 25 HTIDeS proposals and 5 HFOS proposals were reviewed. We selected 6 HTIDeS and 1 HFOS project for an acceptance rate of 24% and 17% respectively. We are pleased to announce the following projects that were selected.
Hybrid AC/DC Magnetometer with Attitude Determination and Control System
23-HTIDS23-0001 ITD Dr. Mark Moldwin (University of Michigan), ITM
This project will develop an attitude control and determination system that can make research quality magnetic measurements from DC to 1 kHz by developing a new hybrid magnetometer and attitude control system. The system will enable boom-less magnetometry on science and commercial small satellites.
Laboratory XUV Spectroscopy: Increasing the Scientific Return of Solar Missions
23-HTIDS23-0008 LNAPP Dr. Amy Gall (Smithsonian astrophysical observatory), Solar Science
The project will measure and identify lines from Fe VIII to Fe XXII ions by surveying the 50-200 Å XUV wavelength regime. These lines are important for advancing our understanding of the Sun and the solar corona. This project result in updates to atomic databases such as CHIANTI solar database.
Scanning Coronal and Heliospheric Imager (SCHI)
23-HTIDS23-0016 ITD Dr. Juliana Vievering (Johns Hopkins University), Solar Science
This project will develop a new visible light telescope that provides high-resolution, wide field-of-view maps of the white light solar corona using novel achromatic hybrid metasurface Risley prisms (MRPs) to significantly reduce instrument size and complexity.
Development and testing of a multi-Needle Langmuir Probe for the detection of extremely small spatial structures in low earth orbit
23-HTIDS23-0023 ITD-SWE Dr. Aroh Barjatya (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University), ITM
The project will develop an enhanced Langmuir probe (>= 80 KHz sample rate) to enable CubeSat constellations that can perform high spatial resolution and high-fidelity plasma-density measurements. These density measurements will address space weather science objectives but also detect and characterize micro-meteoroid orbital debris signatures.
A New HOPE for Ionospheric Outflow and Cold Magnetospheric Plasma Measurements
23-HTIDS23-0024 ITD Dr. Carlos Maldonado (Triad National Security, LLC), Magnetosphere
This project will develop a new modified Helium, Oxygen, Proton, and Electron (HOPE) ion mass spectrometer to obtain high energy resolution observations of low-energy (0.5 eV to 100 eV) ion populations in ionospheric outflows and cold magnetospheric space plasmas.
Multi-detector Experiment for next-Generation Applications in Heliophysics (MEGA-H)
23-HTIDS23-0025 ITD Dr. Joshua Eskin (Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corporation), Heliosphere
This project will develop a 395-megapixel, multi-detector, camera system which uses an optical imaging system whose exit beam is split onto four individual detectors that can be located conveniently apart from each other enabling a gapless image.
CubeSat: On the Radiation belt electron Acceleration (CORA)
23-HFOS23-0003 Dr. Hong Zhao (Auburn University), Magnetosphere
This project will study the CubeSat: On the Radiation belt electron Acceleration (CORA) mission whose goal is to understand relativistic and ultrarelativistic electron acceleration and quantify the effect of inward radial diffusion as an acceleration mechanism in the radiation belts to GEO using a novel method of probing electron flux oscillations.