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A light in the space

High-Level Project Summary

We develop an algorithm that uses SEU. Using light signals and auto-correction of trends facilitates the transit of information. This system is of great importance since in solar storm events the lives of all earthlings are put at risk.

Link to Final Project

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Link to Project "Demo"

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Detailed Project Description

The faraday cup is used to capture ions from the solar wind and convert the impact signal into an electric current that provides information on the speed, density and other parameters of said solar wind. The transmission of these signals to the ground is highly affected in events such as Carrington in 1859, so the improvement of these signals and the ease of transporting this information is of vital importance to avoid consequences equal to or worse than those of 1859.

Single event disturbances (SEU) are caused by high energy particles which are capable of changing inputs in a binary digital system. These reactions can work together with the faraday cup to give more accurate signals using a digital system sensitive to SEUs that helps to differentiate false alerts and correct the algorithm used to give said alerts of increased solar wind parameters.

In addition, the signal transmitted by this digital system is intended to be light instead of frequency waves, helping the immediacy in the transport of information.

Space Agency Data

CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY: this page we observe several measurements of the Faraday cup and thus compare with the historical ones of the sun and in turn identify several patterns

NASA: from this we obtained information on the data collection and a little about the operation of the CF, both from its mathematical model to the calibration steps of this

SPACE WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION: from here we obtained the behavior of the sun, its predictions, real images, we learned to better interpret the information provided by tables and the type of measurements used for these phenomena

NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITE DATA AND INFORMATION SERVICE: CF optimization and being able to provide a better understanding and solution to our challenge

DSCOVR Instrumentation Capabilities and Calibration Test Plan Dr. Adam Szabo NASA DSCOVR Project Scientist: this document helped us understand what CF is and how the composition of the satellite works and how it works in general

DESIGN AND EARLY OBSERVATIONS FROM THE DSCOVR SOLAR WIND FARADAY CUP Justin Kasper (University of Michigan) Tony Case, Mike Stevens (SAO) Adam Szabo, Andriy Koval (GSFC) With gratitude to the incredible commissioning and operations teams at NASA and NOAA: from here we understood a little more what is behind the FC and all the effort that this entails as well as understanding it a little more

Hackathon Journey

Unlike other challenges, Save the Earth from Another Carrington Event stands out as an imminent daily danger. It seems important to us to prioritize the facts that affect us most directly and it is of great help for learning to be immersed in an application topic more in line with our vocation, which is aeronautical engineering. We learned about the great dependence that humanity acquired with electrical and digital systems. Also how the universe itself influences the functioning of all of them and how we are exposed to more things than we think.

The faraday cup detection system is constantly being updated and improved, so it was a real challenge to find a way to contribute to something so well structured. For the same reason it was fun to test our ability, creativity, put different opinions into perspective and reach agreement on the conclusions.