Preface to the Special Issue on the Macao Science Satellite-1 Mission  

作　　者：Dali Kong 

机构地区：[1]Shanghai Astronomical Observatory,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Shanghai 200030,China

出　　处：《Earth and Planetary Physics》2023年第1期1-3,共3页地球与行星物理（英文版）

基　　金：The support from National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant No.12250013)。

摘　　要：The Macao Science Satellite-1(MSS-1)mission(https://mss.must.edu.mo/)is marked by a new high-precision constellation of satellites that will survey the Earth’s geomagnetic and space environment.MSS-1 consists of two satellites that are to be launched in the near future.Since these two low Earth orbit(LEO)satellites will operate in circular orbits,with an inclination of about 41°,they are expected to provide essential measurements covering the Earth’s lower-latitude regions—including,especially,the South Atlantic Anomaly(SAA).This special issue presents 18 articles to provide the international scientific community with details regarding the mission’s goals,relevant scientific research,on-board payloads,and international collaborations.Contributors are members of the scientific and engineering groups involved in the mission.In this preface,we categorize the articles and give some brief comments or editor’s recommendations.

关 键 词：geomagnetic field satellite geomagnetism Macao Science Satellite-1 

分 类 号：P185[天文地球—天文学]