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DYNAGLO

DYNamics Atmosphere GLObal-Connection

Connecting terrestrial dynamics to space weather

The DYNamics Atmosphere GLObal-Connection two 6U CubeSat mission fills a crucial observation gap in the ionosphere-thermosphere (I-T) region. The DYNAGLO mission will be the first of its kind, providing the community with global thermosphere gravity wave measurements and their characteristics to be correlated with known gravity wave sources (terrestrial and geomagnetic). Coupled with coincident measurements of aurora variability used as a proxy for when aurora generated gravity waves occur, this comprehensive mission will help fill the thermosphere gap, inform the heliophysics community and constrain models.

Mission Class:

CubeSats

Mission Status:

Future

LASP Roles:

Research, Instruments, Data, Mission Operations

Science Target:

Earth's Atmosphere

Mission Focus:

Earth's Atmosphere, Space Weather, Thermosphere

Launch Date: Late 2025
Prime Mission: 1 year

Lead Funding Agency: NASA Heliophysics Division

Lead Institution: LASP

Partners: Computational Physics Inc.

DYNAGLO will fill the observation gap, providing direct global observations of GWs in the middle thermosphere to inform and constrain models.

DYNAGLO’s first science question: What spectrum of gravity waves are present in the thermosphere and to what extent are they driven by lower atmospheric sources of gravity waves?

DYNAGLO’s second science question: Is there a spectrum of thermosphere gravity waves that are correlated with aurora activity?