COSPAR 2019

Constellation of Satellites to study Solar Dynamics and to provide ground work in order to prevent black outs caused by Coronal Mass Ejections

Vipul Mani Ramesh Kumar Ugur Guven
Aerospace Engineering, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India

The Sun is the dynamo of the biological diversity and life on the Earth. With the increase in the technological advancement in scientific community, our reliance on the electronics devices has increased. A majority of our lives now revolves on the data provided from the Satellites around the Earth. On March 13, 1989 the entire province of Quebec, Canada suffered an electrical power blackout. Hundreds of blackouts occur in some part or the other of the World but the 1989 Quebec blackout was different, as this was caused by Coronal Mass Ejection. This paper presents a sustainable approach to study the Solar Dynamics through a constellation of CubeSats, strategically placed at L1. The CubeSat will have adaptive Machine Learning capabilities to autonomously deploy solar reflective array that would enable the satellite to reflect most of the Solar Radiation, to maintain the optimal working temperature of the electronics onboard. The mission architecture proposed through the paper has been designed to maximize the observable data from the Sun. A detailed description of the reflective array actuated from Machine Learning Algorithm will be included. Tables will also be given to depict the amount of time that will pass at each mode of launch and more importantly, some idea on the cost in terms of energy, as well as money, will be discussed within today’s context. Even though the possibility of such a mission is probably non-existent for this decade, it is essential to do these exercises so that mankind’s troubleshooting post Coronal Mass Ejections could be increased. In addition, this paper hopes to underline few ground work required in order to prevent the black outs caused due to CMEs on the Earth.

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