Abstract: Obtaining temperature, pressure, and composition profiles along with wind velocities in the Earth’s thermosphere/ionosphere system is a key NASA goal for understanding our planet. We report on the status of a technology development effort to build an all-solid-state heterodyne receiver at 2.06 terahertz that will allow the measurement of the 2.06 terahertz [OI] line for altitudes greater than 100 kilometers. The receiver front end features low-parasitic Schottky diode mixer chips that are dr…