Long-term meteor observation project onboard the International Space Station (ISS)
METEOR is 2.5-year meteor observation project onboard the International Space Station (ISS) with a HDTV camera, with photometric observation for the first year and spectroscopic observation for the second year. The ISS is an ideal platform for meteor observation without weather disturbance. After two launch failures in 2014 and 2015, METEOR instrument was delivered to the ISS in March 26, 2016. The observation of meteors from above was conducted through the Earth-facing window in the U.S. Destiny module. The control of the camera and data downlink was performed directly from the PERC Operation Control Room via the NASA network. Nominal operation started on July 7, 2016. All the observation was complete on March 5, 2019. In total, 30 TB, 3000 hours’ video data were obtained. METEOR instrument was de-installed on March 31, 2019 and returned to the ground on June 4, 2019. An algorism to detect meteors in the recorded video data was successfully developed with machine learning technique. Data analyses are working in progress to study physical and chemical properties of dust for meteor showers. The data are available at the METEOR project website:http://www.perc.it-chiba.ac.jp/project/meteor/.
Long-term meteor observation project onboard the International Space Station (ISS)
METEOR is 2.5-year meteor observation project onboard the International Space Station (ISS) with a HDTV camera, with photometric observation for the first year and spectroscopic observation for the second year. The ISS is an ideal platform for meteor observation without weather disturbance. After two launch failures in 2014 and 2015, METEOR instrument was delivered to the ISS in March 26, 2016. The observation of meteors from above was conducted through the Earth-facing window in the U.S. Destiny module. The control of the camera and data downlink was performed directly from the PERC Operation Control Room via the NASA network. Nominal operation started on July 7, 2016. All the observation was complete on March 5, 2019. In total, 30 TB, 3000 hours’ video data were obtained. METEOR instrument was de-installed on March 31, 2019 and returned to the ground on June 4, 2019. An algorism to detect meteors in the recorded video data was successfully developed with machine learning technique. Data analyses are working in progress to study physical and chemical properties of dust for meteor showers. The data are available at the METEOR project website: http://www.perc.it-chiba.ac.jp/project/meteor/.