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Atmosphere-Space Interactions Monitor
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<h2 id="instruments">Instruments</h2> <p>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:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a> </p> <ul><li>The <i>Columbus</i> External Payload Adapter (CEPA) and Data Handling and Power Unit (DHPU) form the structural and electrical connections, respectively, to the <a href="/facts/Columbus_(ISS_module)/qYqbxpTR"><i>Columbus</i> module</a>.</li> <li>The Modular X and Gamma Ray Instrument (MXGS) is a pair of <a href="/facts/Terrestrial_gamma-ray_flash/6WykoU8y">terrestrial gamma-ray flash</a> (TGF) detectors. The low-energy detector is sensitive from 15 <a href="/facts/KeV/YMT1fqX9">keV</a> to 400 keV, and the high-energy detector is sensitive from 200 keV to 40 MeV.</li> <li>The Modular Multi-Imaging Assembly (MMIA) is an optical imaging system capable of observing 12 frames per second continuously in the 777.4 nm and 337 nm bands at 5 nm wide intervals.</li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/European_contribution_to_the_International_Space_Station/CPuJcbKS">European contribution to the International Space Station</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Scientific_research_on_the_International_Space_Station/mR1Bz6Dm">Scientific research on the International Space Station</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Spacecraft_Atmosphere_Monitor/Tk4XHnQQ">Spacecraft Atmosphere Monitor</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://asim.dk/">ASIM.dk</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/Research/Atmosphere_Space_Interactions_Monitor">ASIM webpage</a> at the European Space Agency's Human Spaceflight Research portal</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171021064209/https://www.terma.com/space/space-missions/the-asim-observatory/">ASIM webpage</a> by <a href="/facts/Terma_A/S/BLYJsWwJ">Terma A/S</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/2084.html">ASIM webpage</a> at NASA's Space Station Research & Technology portal</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"ISS Utilization: ASIM (Atmosphere-Space Interactions Monitor)". eoPortal. European Space Agency. Retrieved 8 April 2018. <a href="https://earth.esa.int/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/i/iss-asim" target="_blank">https://earth.esa.int/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/i/iss-asim</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Neubert, T.; et al. (2006). The Atmosphere-Space Interactions Monitor (ASIM) for the International Space Station (PDF). International Living With a Star Workshop. 19-24 February 2006. Goa, India. Bibcode:2006ilws.conf..448N. <a href="https://cdaw.gsfc.nasa.gov/publications/ilws_goa2006/448_Neubert.pdf" target="_blank">https://cdaw.gsfc.nasa.gov/publications/ilws_goa2006/448_Neubert.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Halton, Mary (7 April 2018). "Hunting mystery giant lightning from space". BBC News. Retrieved 7 April 2018. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-43585113" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-43585113</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Terma to Head ASIM Observatory for ISS". Space Travel. 27 August 2010. Retrieved 7 April 2018. <a href="http://www.space-travel.com/reports/Terma_To_Head_ASIM_Observatory_For_ISS_999.html" target="_blank">http://www.space-travel.com/reports/Terma_To_Head_ASIM_Observatory_For_ISS_999.html</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Largest Space Project for Terma". Terma A/S. 26 September 2016. Archived from the original on 26 March 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2018. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180326202326/https://www.terma.com/press/news-2016/asim/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20180326202326/https://www.terma.com/press/news-2016/asim/</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Neubert, Torsten (2 February 2015). "ASIM: Climate and giant lightning discharges to be studied from the International Space Station". DTU Space. Archived from the original on 24 October 2015. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151024135208/http://www.space.dtu.dk/english/Research/Projects/ASIM" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20151024135208/http://www.space.dtu.dk/english/Research/Projects/ASIM</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"ASIM Payload". ASIM.dk. Retrieved 7 April 2018. <a href="http://asim.dk/payload.php" target="_blank">http://asim.dk/payload.php</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"B.USOC role in the ASIM operations on the ISS". Belgian User Support and Operations Centre. 30 June 2014. Archived from the original on 9 April 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2018. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180409044321/http://www.busoc.be/news/17/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20180409044321/http://www.busoc.be/news/17/</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>"Space station re-entry, Moon tapes and Ebola emergency". Nature. 571 (7766): 452–453. 24 July 2019. Bibcode:2019Natur.571..452.. doi:10.1038/d41586-019-02240-0. PMID 31341316. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1038%2Fd41586-019-02240-0" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1038%2Fd41586-019-02240-0</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>Halton, Mary (7 April 2018). "Hunting mystery giant lightning from space". BBC News. Retrieved 7 April 2018. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-43585113" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-43585113</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>"ASIM Payload". ASIM.dk. Retrieved 7 April 2018. <a href="http://asim.dk/payload.php" target="_blank">http://asim.dk/payload.php</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>