A New Type of Neutral Atom Imaging and its Application in Space Weather Monitoring

At present, the monitoring methods for extreme space weather phenomena such as magnetic storms are still based on the in-situ detection of physical parameters such as space energy particles and magnetic fields by a single satellite or a constellation of a limited number of satellites. Due to the lack of panoramic monitoring data, it is difficult to directly obtain the spatio-temporal evolution information of spatial particles and global energy continuum. Energy neutral atom imaging technology is a new kind of panoramic remote sensing imaging technology for space energy particles. It can effectively acquire the composition of space energy particles and its high temporal-spatial resolution panoramic remote sensing imaging data. It is of great significance for improving the ability of monitoring and forecasting extreme space weather phenomena such as magnetic storms. This paper mainly introduces the development progress of a new type of energy neutral atom imager, and the ongoing small satellite constellation for space weather monitoring based on neutral atom multi-perspective panoramic imaging programme.