Design of a Space Based HF Vector Sensor Antenna for the AERO-VISTA Missions

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The Auroral Emissions Radio Observer (AERO) and Vector Interferometry Space Technology using AERO (VISTA) missions are nano-satellite programs funded by NASA Science Mission Directorate (SMD) for Heliophysics. These missions will use identical spacecraft to observe radio emissions in Earth's ionosphere at low earth orbit. This talk will describe the design, modeling, and prototyping of a 0.1 MHz to 15 MHz vector sensor antenna. The antenna is comprised of 3 orthogonal dipoles and 3 orthogonal loop antennas, and is capable of spatial and polarimetric resolution of radio sources.