The Planetary Science Journal (Jan 2024)
Geophysical Observations of the 2023 September 24 OSIRIS-REx Sample Return Capsule Reentry
- Elizabeth A. Silber,
- Daniel C. Bowman,
- Chris G. Carr,
- David P. Eisenberg,
- Brian R. Elbing,
- Benjamin Fernando,
- Milton A. Garcés,
- Robert Haaser,
- Siddharth Krishnamoorthy,
- Charles A. Langston,
- Yasuhiro Nishikawa,
- Jeremy Webster,
- Jacob F. Anderson,
- Stephen Arrowsmith,
- Sonia Bazargan,
- Luke Beardslee,
- Brant Beck,
- Jordan W. Bishop,
- Philip Blom,
- Grant Bracht,
- David L. Chichester,
- Anthony Christe,
- Jacob Clarke,
- Kenneth Cummins,
- James Cutts,
- Lisa Danielson,
- Carly Donahue,
- Kenneth Eack,
- Michael Fleigle,
- Douglas Fox,
- Ashish Goel,
- David Green,
- Yuta Hasumi,
- Chris Hayward,
- Dan Hicks,
- Jay Hix,
- Stephen Horton,
- Emalee Hough,
- David P. Huber,
- Madeline A. Hunt,
- Jennifer Inman,
- S. M. Ariful Islam,
- Jacob Izraelevitz,
- Jamey D. Jacob,
- James Johnson,
- Real J. KC,
- Attila Komjathy,
- Eric Lam,
- Justin LaPierre,
- Kevin Lewis,
- Richard D. Lewis,
- Patrick Liu,
- Léo Martire,
- Meaghan McCleary,
- Elisa A. McGhee,
- Ipsita Mitra,
- Amitabh Nag,
- Luis Ocampo Giraldo,
- Karen Pearson,
- Mathieu Plaisir,
- Sarah K. Popenhagen,
- Hamid Rassoul,
- Miro Ronac Giannone,
- Mirza Samnani,
- Nicholas Schmerr,
- Kate Spillman,
- Girish Srinivas,
- Samuel K. Takazawa,
- Alex Tempert,
- Reagan Turley,
- Cory Van Beek,
- Loïc Viens,
- Owen A. Walsh,
- Nathan Weinstein,
- Robert White,
- Brian Williams,
- Trevor C. Wilson,
- Shirin Wyckoff,
- Masa-yuki Yamamoto,
- Zachary Yap,
- Tyler Yoshiyama,
- Cleat Zeiler
Affiliations
- Elizabeth A. Silber
- ORCiD
- Sandia National Laboratories , Geophysics, Albuquerque, NM 87123, USA
- Daniel C. Bowman
- Sandia National Laboratories , Geophysical Detection Programs, Albuquerque, NM 87123, USA
- Chris G. Carr
- Los Alamos National Laboratory , Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, PO Box 1663, Los Alamos, NM 87544, USA
- David P. Eisenberg
- TDA Research Inc , 12345 W. 52nd Avenue, Wheat Ridge, CO 80033, USA
- Brian R. Elbing
- Oklahoma State University , Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA
- Benjamin Fernando
- Johns Hopkins University , Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
- Milton A. Garcés
- University of Hawaii , Infrasound Lab, 73970 Makako Bay Drive 205, Kailua-Kona, HI 96740, USA; University of Hawaii , Applied Research Lab, 73970 Makako Bay Drive 117, Kailua-Kona, HI 96740, USA
- Robert Haaser
- Los Alamos National Laboratory , ISR-2, P.O. Box 1663, MS-B241, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
- Siddharth Krishnamoorthy
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology , 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA
- Charles A. Langston
- University of Memphis , Center for Earthquake Research and Information, 3876 Central Avenue, Ste. 1, Memphis, TN 38152, USA
- Yasuhiro Nishikawa
- Kochi University of Technology , School of Systems Engineering, 185 Miyanokuchi, Tosayamada, Kami, Kochi, 7828502, Japan
- Jeremy Webster
- Los Alamos National Laboratory , Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, PO Box 1663, Los Alamos, NM 87544, USA
- Jacob F. Anderson
- Boise State University , Geosciences, 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID 83725, USA
- Stephen Arrowsmith
- Southern Methodist University , Earth Sciences, 3225 Daniel Avenue, Dallas, TX 75205, USA
- Sonia Bazargan
- University of Memphis , Center for Earthquake Research and Information, 3876 Central Avenue, Ste. 1, Memphis, TN 38152, USA
- Luke Beardslee
- Silixa Ltd , 3102 Broadway Street, Suite E, Missoula, MT 59808, USA
- Brant Beck
- TDA Research Inc , 12345 W. 52nd Avenue, Wheat Ridge, CO 80033, USA
- Jordan W. Bishop
- Los Alamos National Laboratory , Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, PO Box 1663, Los Alamos, NM 87544, USA
- Philip Blom
- Los Alamos National Laboratory , Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, PO Box 1663, Los Alamos, NM 87544, USA
- Grant Bracht
- TDA Research Inc , 12345 W. 52nd Avenue, Wheat Ridge, CO 80033, USA
- David L. Chichester
- Idaho National Laboratory , Nuclear Nonproliferation Division, PO Box 1625, MS2212, Idaho Falls, ID 83415, USA
- Anthony Christe
- RedVox , Inc., 73970 Makako Bay Drive 116, Kailua-Kona, HI 96740, USA
- Jacob Clarke
- Southern Methodist University , Earth Sciences, 3225 Daniel Avenue, Dallas, TX 75205, USA
- Kenneth Cummins
- Florida Institute of Technology , Geospace Physics Laboratory, 150 W. University Boulevard, Melbourne, FL 32901, USA
- James Cutts
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology , 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA
- Lisa Danielson
- Los Alamos National Laboratory , Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, PO Box 1663, Los Alamos, NM 87544, USA
- Carly Donahue
- Los Alamos National Laboratory , Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, PO Box 1663, Los Alamos, NM 87544, USA
- Kenneth Eack
- Los Alamos National Laboratory , ISR-2, P.O. Box 1663, MS-B241, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
- Michael Fleigle
- Sandia National Laboratories , Geophysical Detection Programs, Albuquerque, NM 87123, USA
- Douglas Fox
- Oklahoma State University , Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA
- Ashish Goel
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology , 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA
- David Green
- AWE Blacknest , Brimpton Common, Reading, Berkshire, RG7 4RS, UK
- Yuta Hasumi
- Kochi University of Technology , School of Systems Engineering, 185 Miyanokuchi, Tosayamada, Kami, Kochi, 7828502, Japan
- Chris Hayward
- Southern Methodist University , Earth Sciences, 3225 Daniel Avenue, Dallas, TX 75205, USA
- Dan Hicks
- United States Department of Defense , KBR Consultant, Las Cruces, NM88011, USA
- Jay Hix
- Idaho National Laboratory , Nuclear Nonproliferation Division, PO Box 1625, MS2212, Idaho Falls, ID 83415, USA
- Stephen Horton
- University of Memphis , Center for Earthquake Research and Information, 3876 Central Avenue, Ste. 1, Memphis, TN 38152, USA
- Emalee Hough
- Oklahoma State University , Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA
- David P. Huber
- University of Texas-El Paso , Earth, Environmental, and Resource Sciences, 500 W University, El Paso, TX 79902, USA
- Madeline A. Hunt
- Boise State University , Geosciences, 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID 83725, USA
- Jennifer Inman
- NASA Langley Research Center , SCIFLI, Hampton, VA 23681, USA
- S. M. Ariful Islam
- University of Memphis , Center for Earthquake Research and Information, 3876 Central Avenue, Ste. 1, Memphis, TN 38152, USA
- Jacob Izraelevitz
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology , 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA
- Jamey D. Jacob
- Oklahoma State University , Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA
- James Johnson
- Idaho National Laboratory , Nuclear Nonproliferation Division, PO Box 1625, MS2212, Idaho Falls, ID 83415, USA
- Real J. KC
- Oklahoma State University , Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA
- Attila Komjathy
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology , 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA
- Eric Lam
- Air Force Research Laboratory , Sensing Effects & Analysis, 2241 Avionics Circle, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433, USA
- Justin LaPierre
- Sandia National Laboratories , Atmospheric Science, Albuquerque, NM 87123, USA
- Kevin Lewis
- Johns Hopkins University , Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
- Richard D. Lewis
- Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) , 8725 John J. Kingman Road, Stop 6201, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060, USA
- Patrick Liu
- Air Force Research Laboratory , Sensing Effects & Analysis, 2241 Avionics Circle, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433, USA
- Léo Martire
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology , 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA
- Meaghan McCleary
- NASA Langley Research Center , SCIFLI, Hampton, VA 23681, USA
- Elisa A. McGhee
- Colorado State University , Department of Geosciences, 1482 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
- Ipsita Mitra
- University of Memphis , Center for Earthquake Research and Information, 3876 Central Avenue, Ste. 1, Memphis, TN 38152, USA
- Amitabh Nag
- Los Alamos National Laboratory , ISR-2, P.O. Box 1663, MS-B241, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
- Luis Ocampo Giraldo
- Idaho National Laboratory , Nuclear Nonproliferation Division, PO Box 1625, MS2212, Idaho Falls, ID 83415, USA
- Karen Pearson
- Independent Researcher , Bowie, MD 20715, USA
- Mathieu Plaisir
- Florida Institute of Technology , Geospace Physics Laboratory, 150 W. University Boulevard, Melbourne, FL 32901, USA
- Sarah K. Popenhagen
- University of Hawaii , Infrasound Lab, 73970 Makako Bay Drive 205, Kailua-Kona, HI 96740, USA
- Hamid Rassoul
- Florida Institute of Technology , Geospace Physics Laboratory, 150 W. University Boulevard, Melbourne, FL 32901, USA
- Miro Ronac Giannone
- Sandia National Laboratories , Geophysics, Albuquerque, NM 87123, USA; Southern Methodist University , Earth Sciences, 3225 Daniel Avenue, Dallas, TX 75205, USA
- Mirza Samnani
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology , 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA
- Nicholas Schmerr
- University of Maryland , Dept. of Geology, College Park, MD 20742, USA
- Kate Spillman
- Oklahoma State University , Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA
- Girish Srinivas
- TDA Research Inc , 12345 W. 52nd Avenue, Wheat Ridge, CO 80033, USA
- Samuel K. Takazawa
- University of Hawaii , Infrasound Lab, 73970 Makako Bay Drive 205, Kailua-Kona, HI 96740, USA
- Alex Tempert
- Florida Institute of Technology , Geospace Physics Laboratory, 150 W. University Boulevard, Melbourne, FL 32901, USA
- Reagan Turley
- University of Maryland , Dept. of Geology, College Park, MD 20742, USA
- Cory Van Beek
- TDA Research Inc , 12345 W. 52nd Avenue, Wheat Ridge, CO 80033, USA
- Loïc Viens
- Los Alamos National Laboratory , Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, PO Box 1663, Los Alamos, NM 87544, USA
- Owen A. Walsh
- Boise State University , Geosciences, 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID 83725, USA
- Nathan Weinstein
- TDA Research Inc , 12345 W. 52nd Avenue, Wheat Ridge, CO 80033, USA
- Robert White
- Nevada National Security Sites , Science and Technology, 2621 Losee Road, North Las Vegas, NV 89030, USA
- Brian Williams
- University of Hawaii , Infrasound Lab, 73970 Makako Bay Drive 205, Kailua-Kona, HI 96740, USA
- Trevor C. Wilson
- Oklahoma State University , Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA
- Shirin Wyckoff
- University of Hawaii , Infrasound Lab, 73970 Makako Bay Drive 205, Kailua-Kona, HI 96740, USA
- Masa-yuki Yamamoto
- Kochi University of Technology , School of Systems Engineering, 185 Miyanokuchi, Tosayamada, Kami, Kochi, 7828502, Japan
- Zachary Yap
- Oklahoma State University , Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA
- Tyler Yoshiyama
- University of Hawaii , Infrasound Lab, 73970 Makako Bay Drive 205, Kailua-Kona, HI 96740, USA
- Cleat Zeiler
- Nevada National Security Sites , Science and Technology, 2621 Losee Road, North Las Vegas, NV 89030, USA
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ad5b5e
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 5,
no. 9
p. 213
Abstract
Sample return capsules (SRCs) entering Earth’s atmosphere at hypervelocity from interplanetary space are a valuable resource for studying meteor phenomena. The 2023 September 24 arrival of the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith Explorer SRC provided an unprecedented chance for geophysical observations of a well-characterized source with known parameters, including timing and trajectory. A collaborative effort involving researchers from 16 institutions executed a carefully planned geophysical observational campaign at strategically chosen locations, deploying over 400 ground-based sensors encompassing infrasound, seismic, distributed acoustic sensing, and Global Positioning System technologies. Additionally, balloons equipped with infrasound sensors were launched to capture signals at higher altitudes. This campaign (the largest of its kind so far) yielded a wealth of invaluable data anticipated to fuel scientific inquiry for years to come. The success of the observational campaign is evidenced by the near-universal detection of signals across instruments, both proximal and distal. This paper presents a comprehensive overview of the collective scientific effort, field deployment, and preliminary findings. The early findings have the potential to inform future space missions and terrestrial campaigns, contributing to our understanding of meteoroid interactions with planetary atmospheres. Furthermore, the data set collected during this campaign will improve entry and propagation models and augment the study of atmospheric dynamics and shock phenomena generated by meteoroids and similar sources.
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