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First results from the measurements revealed that gamma ray bursts form when powerful electric fields course through the atmosphere, just before a lightning bolt travels along the same path. These results were published in July 2019.
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The ASIM payload has a mass of 314 kg (692 lb) and consists of sub-systems CEPA and DHPU, and two scientific instruments called MXGS and MMIA:
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provides the scientific leadership of the project. Mission operations will be performed by the
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to 400 keV, and the high-energy detector is sensitive from 200 keV to 40 MeV.
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This article about one or more spacecraft of a European multinational organisation is a
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The Atmosphere-Space Interactions Monitor (ASIM) for the International Space Station
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The ASIM components, originally planned to be completed in 2014,
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at the European Space Agency's Human Spaceflight Research portal
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is running the technical part of the project for ESA and
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ISS-based upper-atmospheric lightning observation project
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European contribution to the International Space Station
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upper-atmospheric lightning
European Space Agency
X-ray
γ-ray
International Space Station
upper atmosphere
sprites, jets and elves
terrestrial gamma-ray flashes
thunderstorms
were launched
Columbus External Payload Facility
Terma A/S
DTU Space
Technical University of Denmark
Belgian User Support and Operations Centre
Uccle
Columbus module
terrestrial gamma-ray flash
keV
European contribution to the International Space Station
Scientific research on the International Space Station
Spacecraft Atmosphere Monitor
"ISS Utilization: ASIM (Atmosphere-Space Interactions Monitor)"
The Atmosphere-Space Interactions Monitor (ASIM) for the International Space Station
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2006ilws.conf..448N


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