Ionospheric Occultation Experiment
The Ionospheric Occultation Experiment (IOX) was a remote sensing satellite package that used[when?] a dual frequency Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver to measure properties of the ionosphere.[1][full citation needed][dead link] IOX demonstrated remote sensing techniques for future United States Department of Defense space systems and helped to improve operational models for ionospheric and thermospheric forecasts.[citation needed]
IOX was developed by the United States Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center and was one of four experiment packages on PicoSAT, which was launched in September 2001.
Specifications[]
- NSSDC ID: 2001-043B-02
- Mission: PicoSAT 9
Further reading[]
- THE IONOSPHERIC OCCULTATION EXPERIMENT (IOX) ON PICOSAT: A GPS OCCULTATION MISSION WITH AN IONOSPHERIC FOCUS by P. R. Straus, The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, California, USA[permanent dead link] Official Abstract
- University Corporation for Atmospheric Research: Further Overview of IOX and GPS Receiver August 2002 Workshop
- Harvard University: IOX Abstract
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