Solar Anomalous and Magnetospheric Particle Explorer
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| General information | |
|---|---|
| NSSDC ID | 1992-038A |
| Organization | NASA (GSFC) / Germany |
| Launch date | 1992-07-03 14:19:00 UTC |
| Launch site | Vandenberg SLC-5W |
| Launch vehicle | Scout G-1 |
| Mission length |
3 years (planned) End of Science mission: June 30, 2004.[1] |
| Mass | 158.0 kilograms (348.3 lb) |
| Type of orbit |
Inclination: 81.69999694824219° Eccentricity: 0.009999999776482582 |
| Orbit height |
Periapsis: 512.0 km Apoapsis: 687.0 km |
| Orbit period | 96.69999694824219 minutes |
| Website | SAMPEX home page |
The Solar Anomalous and Magnetospheric Particle Explorer (SAMPEX) satellite was launched in July 1992 into a low earth orbit at an altitude of 520 by 670 km and 82 degrees inclination. The satellite far exceeded its expected three-year lifetime. It has primarily operated in a three-axis stabilized mode but has also been spun for limited periods. The satellite carries four instruments designed to measure the radiation environment of the Earth's magnetosphere.
SAMPEX was an international collaboration between NASA of the United States and Germany.[2] It was part of the Small Explorer program started in 1989[2]
SAMPEX science mission ended on June 30, 2004.[1] It re-entered Earth's atmosphere on November 13, 2012.[3]
It was also operated as an educational tool by Bowie State University, with additional data collections.[4] SAMPEX's research area was continued by the Van Allen Probes (RBSP).[4]
Instruments
- Heavy Ion Large Area Proportional Counter Telescope (HILT)[5]
- Low Energy Ion Composition Analyzer (LICA)[6]
- Mass Spectrometer Telescope (MAST) measures the isotopic composition of elements from Li(Z=3) to Ni(Z=283) with energy from 10 to several hundred MeV/nucleon.[7][8]
- Proton/Electron Telescope (PET)[9]
Collaborators
SAMPEX collaborators included:[1]
- Aerospace Corporation
- J. B. Blake, M. Looper, K. L. Lorentzen, D. Mabry, J. Mazur, R. Selesnick
- California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
- A. Cummings, R. Leske, R. Mewaldt, E. Stone
- LASP, University of Colorado
- D. N. Baker, S. G. Kanekal, Xinlin Li
- Max Planck Institute, Garching
- D. Hovestadt, B. Klecker, M. Scholer
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
- T. Von Rosenvinge
- NASA Langley Research Center
- L. B. Callis, J. Lambeth
- University of Maryland
- G. M. Mason
- Washington University
- J. Cummings
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 SAMPEX Data Center
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 SAMPEX: NASA's first small explorer satellite (1998) - IEEE
- ↑
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Sampex Returns to Earth
- ↑ HILT in the NSSDC Master Catalog
- ↑ LICA information in the NSSDC Master Catalog
- ↑ SAMPEX web site
- ↑ MAST in the NSSDC Master Catalog
- ↑ PET in the NSSDC Master Catalog
Further reading
- Baker, D. N. et al. (May 1993). "An Overview of the Solar, Anomalous, and Magnetospheric Particle Explorer (SAMPEX) Mission". IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 31 (3): 531–541. Bibcode:1993ITGRS..31..531B. doi:10.1109/36.225519. Retrieved 2010-03-10.
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