Course Contents The aim of this course is to provide students with an understanding of instrumentation and its role in observational strategies for
missions. The course will explore the main observables of the universe and how they are measured in space. For each of the
observables, the course will provide: i) The physical context of the observables and how they are generated, ii) The physics of
the measure, iii) A review and explanation of the existing and under development space instruments, iv) The missions related to
these observables. The course will be divided into three main parts:
- The Fundamentals of Instrumentation
- Remote sensing space Instrumentation
- In-situ space Instrumentation.
Study Goals This course aims to familiarize students with the wide range of space instrumentation and observables. By the end of the course,
students will be able to:
- Understand and describe the relationships between instruments, missions, and observation strategies
- Identify and explain the physical observables that space instruments measure, including light, ions, magnetic and electric fields,
etc and related phenomena
- Distinguish between the different types of space instruments, and explain how they are designed and constructed
- Derive instrument requirements from scientific questions
- Perform preliminary analysis and use the key driver parameters to size space instruments.
Overall, this course will equip students with a comprehensive understanding of space instrumentation, enabling them to dive into
space observables diversity and the complex processes involved in their measurement.
