Status of geospace x-ray imager mission (GEO-X)
GEO-X (GEOspace X-ray imager) is a small satellite mission to visualize the Earth’s magnetosphere through Solar Wind Charge eXchange (SWCX). SWCX is known as soft X-ray emissions generated by the charge exchange between highly charged-state heavy ions and neutral atoms in the Earth’s exosphere. The GEO-X satellite is aimed to be launched during the upcoming solar maximum around 2025-2027 and is planned to be injected to a low-latitude orbit which allows visualization of the magnetosphere from outside the magnetosphere. The satellite will carry a light-weight X-ray imaging spectrometer, dramatically improving the size and weight of those onboard past X-ray astronomy satellites.
Authors
- Hiroshi Nakajima (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0366-5468)
- Kouichi Hagino (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4235-5304)
- Takefumi Mitani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0492-3104)
- Ralf Boden
- Landon T. Kamps (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8027-1676)
- Yosuke Matsumoto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1484-7056)
- Yuki Nobuhara
- Kazuhisa Mitsuda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7107-8468)
- Harunori Nagata (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7461-8397)
- Ryota Fuse (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5261-443X)
- Daiki Ishi
- Yuki Sato (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-5859-2447)
- Hiroshi Hasegawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1172-021X)
- Kohei Morishita (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3242-4230)
- Junko S. Hiraga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-2505-5912)
- Ikuyuki Mitsuishi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9901-233X)
- Hiroyuki Koizumi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0120-1958)
- Keisuke Hosokawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7389-7128)
- Yasuhiro Kawakatsu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8687-0298)
- T. Yoneyama (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2683-6856)
- Satoshi Kasahara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3479-772X)
- Takahiro Iwata (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4613-7956)
- Ryu Funase (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2477-1195)
- Atsushi Yamazaki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6468-6812)
- Masaki Numazawa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4203-2647)
- Yoshizumi Miyoshi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7998-1240)
- M. Fujimoto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4241-4001)
- Yosuke Kawabata (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-0090-5844)
- S. Nakajima (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3337-1249)
- Kumi Ishikawa
- Yuichiro Ezoe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9232-3717)
- Munetaka Ueno
- Hironori Sahara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0833-9124)
- Yoshiaki Kanamori
- Shota Hirai
Institutions
- Chiba University (JP)
- Kanto Gakuin University (JP)
- Hokkaido University (JP)
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JP)
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (JP)
- Nagoya University (JP)
- Tokyo Metropolitan University (JP)
- The University of Tokyo (JP)
- Chuo University (JP)
Publication Details
- Published
- 2024-08-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018746
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.69