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SHARPP - Solar Heliospheric Activity Research and Prediction Program

SHARPP instrument suite
White light coronagraph

SHARPP was an advanced concept study to determine how the sun drives space weather and global change and to understand how and why the sun varies.

The proposed suite of instruments and supporting electronics was designed to provide high spatial and temporal resolution observations of the complete solar atmosphere and its coupling to the heliosphere (from the chromosphere to well into the open-field wind). The investigation included state-of-art numerical tools to model the solar-heliospheric interaction.

Praxis provided concept and mission definition support, program planning and control, technical documentation, and acquisition support.