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A Nano-satellite Mission to Study Charged Particle Precipitation from the Van Allen Radiation Belts caused due to Seismo-Electromagnetic Emissions

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The IIT Madras nano-satellite (IITMSAT) mission is designed to make sensitive measurements of charged particle fluxes in a Low Earth Orbit to study the nature of charge particle precipitation from the Van Allen radiation belts caused due to seismo-electromagnetic emissions as discussed by the authors.
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In the past decade, several attempts have been made to study the effects of seismo-electromagnetic emissions - an earthquake precursor, on the ionosphere and the radiation belts. The IIT Madras nano-satellite (IITMSAT) mission is designed to make sensitive measurements of charged particle fluxes in a Low Earth Orbit to study the nature of charged particle precipitation from the Van Allen radiation belts caused due to such emissions. With the Space-based Proton Electron Energy Detector on-board a single nano-satellite, the mission will attempt to gather statistically significant data to verify possible correlations with seismo-electromagnetic emissions before major earthquakes.

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Design and implementation of a robust downlink communication system for nanosatellites

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Design of nuclear instrumentation for Space-based Proton-Electron Energy Detector (SPEED)

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A 3D Kinetic Distribution that Yields Observed Plasma Density in the Inner Van Allen Belt

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