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    Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX or Explorer 91 or SMEX-10) is a NASA satellite in Earth orbit that uses energetic neutral atoms (ENAs) to image the...
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    discovered by NASA’s Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) mission in 2009. The ribbon is a significant feature at the boundary of the heliosphere, the...
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    the Interstellar Boundary Explorer satellite and Voyager 1 and 2 indicated that the Sun isn't moving fast enough through its current interstellar environment...
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    was a bow shock, but data from Interstellar Boundary Explorer suggested the velocity of the Sun through the interstellar medium is too low for it to form...
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    update] Spaceflight portal Interstellar Boundary Explorer - The IBEX spacecraft, launched in October 2008 Advanced Composition Explorer - The ACE spacecraft...
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    collide with the interstellar medium. For decades it was assumed that the Sun had a bow shock. In 2012, data from Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) and...
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    encoded pictures Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX), space observatory that measured energetic neutral atoms from interstellar boundary. List of artificial...
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    under study by the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX), a NASA satellite mapping the boundary between the Solar System and interstellar space. Gould Belt...
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    IRIS mission launched June 27, 2013. The Interstellar Boundary Explorer, or IBEX, images the outer boundaries of the heliosphere, focusing on how the solar...
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    Interstellar Probe (ISP) is a proposed NASA space probe designed to explore and characterize the heliosphere and interstellar space. The study was originally...
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  • WIND (spacecraft), (1994), Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE), Ulysses, the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) in 2008, and Parker Solar Probe. Other...
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  • States Ibex Peak (Montana), United States Ibex Valley, Canada Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX), a spacecraft Ibex (vehicle), a 4WD/SUV car Ibex Airlines...
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    Composition Explorer) Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer Cassini–Huygens Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope HEAO 1, HEAO 2, HEAO 3 Interstellar Boundary Explorer Langton...
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    and Interstellar Boundary Explorer spacecraft has suggested that it is forced into a bubble shape by the constraining action of the interstellar magnetic...
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    Voyager spacecraft. However, data obtained in 2012 from NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) indicates the lack of any solar bow shock. Along with...
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    perspective on the heliopause from data acquired through the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) mission, launched in October 2008. The heliopause is...
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    loss of gamma-burst identifying satellite HETE (High Energy Transient Explorer). The Pegasus XL, introduced in 1994 has lengthened stages to increase...
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    August 1996, completed Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX), launched April 2003, completed Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX), launched October 2008, operational...
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  • Orbital's heritage Heliophysics satellites are as listed below: Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) for NASA/SwRI – launched in 2008 Solar Radiation and...
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  • and back on, and the launch proceeded normally. In 2023 the Interstellar Boundary Explorer spacecraft stopped responding to commands after an anomaly....
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    The interstellar medium (ISM) is the matter and radiation that exists in the space between the star systems in a galaxy. This matter includes gas in ionic...
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  • Interstellar Space is a studio album by the American jazz saxophonist John Coltrane, featuring the drummer Rashied Ali. It was recorded in 1967, the year...
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    employs two interstellar probes, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2. They were launched in 1977 to take advantage of a favorable planetary alignment to explore the two...
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  • Cassini-Huygens spacecraft IBEX-Hi and IBEX-Lo instruments on the Interstellar Boundary Explorer spacecraft Mariner 10 The SWAP (Solar Wind Analyser around Pluto)...
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    and boundaries of the outer heliosphere and to begin exploring the interstellar medium. Voyager 1 crossed the heliopause and entered interstellar space...
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  • formerly Interstellar Express, is a proposed Chinese National Space Administration program designed to explore the heliosphere and interstellar space. The...
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    era interstellar precursor and astrometry probe) Stardust (spacecraft) (Believed to have collected some interstellar micro-dust) Interstellar Boundary Explorer...
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  • January 2017). "A Metal Ball the Size of Massachusetts That NASA Wants to Explore". The New York Times. "Voyager is sending 'impossible data' back to Nasa...
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    Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (category Explorers Program)
    called P/2, an orbit that has never been used before (although Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) uses a similar P/3 orbit). The highly elliptical orbit...
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    (November 4, 2019). "Voyager 2's Discoveries From Interstellar Space – In its journey beyond the boundary of the solar wind's bubble, the probe observed...
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