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APPENDIX E
375
BOX E.3 CATE OUTPUT PRODUCT FOR THE DESCOPED MAGNETOSPHERE ENERGETICS,
DYNAMICS, AND IONOSPHERIC COUPLING MISSION 1
NOTE: The version of the MEDICI concept that included FUV LBH (Lyman-Birge-Hopfield) long- and short-wavelength cameras
on both HEO spacecraft—a configuration strongly advocated by the SWMI panel—was not evaluated; however, the cost of adding
a duplicate far-ultraviolet LBH imager to an otherwise identical spacecraft should not add significantly to the overall mission cost,
which is estimated to be $526 million. The proposed launch vehicle for MEDICI is a Falcon 9, which has lift capability that easily
accommodates the additional imager.
MEDICI — Magnetosphere Energetics,
Dynamics, and Ionospheric Coupling Descope
Solar and Space Physics: A Science for a Technological Society
APPENDIX E
375
BOX E.3 CATE OUTPUT PRODUCT FOR THE DESCOPED MAGNETOSPHERE ENERGETICS,
DYNAMICS, AND IONOSPHERIC COUPLING MISSION 1
NOTE: The version of the MEDICI concept that included FUV LBH (Lyman-Birge-Hopfield) long- and short-wavelength cameras
on both HEO spacecraft—a configuration strongly advocated by the SWMI panel—was not evaluated; however, the cost of adding
a duplicate far-ultraviolet LBH imager to an otherwise identical spacecraft should not add significantly to the overall mission cost,
which is estimated to be $526 million. The proposed launch vehicle for MEDICI is a Falcon 9, which has lift capability that easily
accommodates the additional imager.
MEDICI — Magnetosphere Energetics,
Dynamics, and Ionospheric Coupling Descope