SMS

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  • SMS
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  • The Solar Wind and Suprathermal Ion Composition Studies (SWICS/MASS/STICS) experiment on WIND comprises three major instruments: Solar Wind Ion Composition Spectrometer (SWICS), High Mass Resolution Spectrometer (MASS), and Suprathermal Ion Composition Spectrometer (STICS). This experiment will determine the abundance, composition and differential energy spectra of solar wind ions, and the composition, charge state and 3-D distribution functions of suprathermal ions. These ions and their abundance fluctuations provide information about events on the solar surface and the formation of the solar wind, complementing the EPACT and 3D-PLASMA investigations. The SMS experiment consists of five separate packages mounted on the spacecraft body. SWICS uses electrostatic deflection, post-acceleration, and a time-of-flight vs. energy measurement to determine the energy and elemental charge state composition of solar wind ions. MASS uses energy/charge analysis followed by a time of flight measurement, to determine solar-wind ion composition with high mass-resolution (M/delta M > 100), for the first time. STICS, similar to SWICS but not using post-acceleration, has a large geometric factor and wide angle viewing for studies of suprathermal ions. For more information, see: http://space.umd.edu/wind/ The SMS data processing unit and STICS analog electronics unit are mounted separately. Group: Instrument_Details Entry_ID: SMS Group: Instrument_Identification Instrument_Category: Solar/Space Observing Instruments Instrument_Class: Particle Detectors Short_Name: SMS Long_Name: SWICS/MASS/STICS Instrument End_Group Group: Instrument_Associated_Sensors Short_Name: MASS Short_Name: STICS Short_Name: SWICS End_Group Group: Associated_Platforms Short_Name: WIND End_Group Group: Spectral_Frequency_Information Wavelength_Keyword: Gamma Ray Number_Channels: 3 Spectral_Frequency_Coverage_Range: 0.5 - 230 kEV End_Group Online_Resource: http://space.umd.edu/wind/ Sample_Image: http://space.umd.edu/wind/position.gif Group: Instrument_Logistics Instrument_Start_Date: 1994-11-01 Instrument_Owner: NASA Instrument_Owner: University of Maryland End_Group End_Group
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  • SWICS/MASS/STICS Instrument
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Abstract from DBPedia
    Short Message/Messaging Service, commonly abbreviated as SMS, is a text messaging service component of most telephone, Internet and mobile device systems. It uses standardized communication protocols that let mobile devices exchange short text messages. An intermediary service can facilitate a text-to-voice conversion to be sent to landlines. SMS technology originated from radio telegraphy in radio memo pagers that used standardized phone protocols. These were defined in 1986 as part of the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) series of standards. The first SMS message was sent on 3 December 1992, when Neil Papworth, a test engineer for Sema Group, sent "Merry Christmas" to the Orbitel 901 phone of colleague Richard Jarvis. SMS rolled out commercially on many cellular networks that decade and became hugely popular worldwide as a method of text communication. By the end of 2010, SMS was the most widely used data application, with an estimated 3.5 billion active users, or about 80% of all mobile phone subscribers. The service allows users to send and receive messages of up to 160 characters (when entirely alpha-numeric) to and from GSM mobiles. Although most SMS messages are sent from one mobile phone to another, support for the service has expanded to include other mobile technologies, such as CDMA networks and Digital AMPS. Mobile marketing, a type of direct marketing, uses SMS. The global SMS messaging business was estimated to be worth over US$240 billion in 2013, accounting for almost half of all revenue generated by mobile messaging.

    ショートメッセージサービス（英: short message service、SMS）とは、携帯電話やスマートフォン同士で短いテキスト（文章）によるメッセージを送受信するサービスである。テキストメッセージ（英: text message）と呼ばれる場合もある。

    (Source: http://dbpedia.org/resource/SMS)