Swipe's science goal is to observe the effects of space weather transients (solar wind cmes sirs) on planetary auroral radio emission over time

Swipe will provide spatially spectrally polarimetrically resolved imaging of low frequency auroral radio emission from three planets simultaneously over 1.5 years. Three key science questions flow from this science goal: 1. Do solar wind models accurately predict the arrival time and transit time across magnetosphere of cmes and sirs at jupiter and saturn? 2. What is the relationship between CME properties (e.g. speed and duration) and planetary auroral radio emission response? Can we infer interactions between cmes and other structures in the interplanetary medium from the planetary auroral response? 3. How does each planet respond to the passage of the same SIR? How does auroral emission change with successive rotations of a single SIR? In addition to swipe s primary science mission swipe will also be capable of 1) expanding and extending aero-vista s study of earth s auroral radio emission from a new vantage point 2) tracking solar radio bursts as they propagate outward from the sun and 3) mapping galactic background emission at low frequencies with unprecedented spatial resolution. Furthermore swipe will monitor the whole sky and may detect radio emission from ICE giants uranus and neptune if their radio emission is enhanced by a factor of 10-100 compared to what voyager 2 observed. The proposed study will consist of three efforts: 1. Developing a detailed model of swipe s interferometric capabilities simulating the instrument s performance and demonstrating its ability to null earth-based RFI. 2. Designing the mission s architecture including detailed power data and link budgets and developing the concept of operations. 3. Developing a detailed set of spacecraft requirements performing a trade study of suitable platforms and sizing an appropriate propulsion system.