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IMAGER MAGNETOPAUSE AURORA GLOBAL EXPLORATION [1 record]

Record 1 2001-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
DEF

A satellite that was launched in 2000 to study how the solar wind affects the Earth's magnetosphere.

OBS

In order to do this, the satellite will carry sensors that will make images of the neutral atoms, ultraviolet rays, and radio plasma it finds in its orbit.

Key term(s)
  • imager for magnetopause to aurora global exploration

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux

Spanish

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