TARANIS satellite

TARANIS is developed by CNES (micro-satellite of the MYRIADE series). The satellite

• is planning to be launched in 2013

• will be have a sun synchronous polar orbit

• altitude of 700 km

The payload includes the following elements:

- MCP, optical cameras and photometers

- XGRE, gamma-rays detector

- IDEE, energetic electron detector (70 KeV - 4 MeV)

- IME-BF, electric field antenna (0 - 3 MHz) and BF-A analyser of electric & magnetic fields and ion thermal plasma

- IMM, triaxes search coil magnetometer

- SI, Ion probe

- IME-HF, HF electric field antenna (100 kHz and 30 MHz)

Payload