The Solar Anomalous and Magnetospheric Particle Explorer (SAMPEX or Explorer 68) was a NASA solar and magnetospheric observatory, and was the first spacecraft...

Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI), launched February 2002, completed – Sun observing, Earth satellite Solar Anomalous and Magnetospheric Particle Explorer...

Composition Explorer (ACE or Explorer 71) is a NASA Explorer program satellite and space exploration mission to study matter comprising energetic particles from...

to the heliosphere include: Solar Anomalous and Magnetospheric Particle Explorer Solar and Heliospheric Observatory Solar Dynamics Observatory STEREO...

consists of electrons, protons and alpha particles with kinetic energy between 0.5 and 10 keV. The composition of the solar wind plasma also includes a mixture...

Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (EUVE or Explorer 67) was a NASA space telescope for ultraviolet astronomy. EUVE was a part of NASA's Explorer spacecraft series...

It was funded as part of the Explorer program, and was also called Explorer 69. RXTE had a mass of 3,200 kg (7,100 lb) and was launched from Cape Canaveral...

supporting heliophysics, including solar observatory missions, solar orbiters, and spacecraft studying the solar wind. List of solar telescopes Heliophysics Research...

NASA. The Solar Anomalous and Magnetospheric Particle Explorer (SAMPEX or Explorer 68) was a NASA solar and magnetospheric observatory, and was the first...

Dynamics Explorer 1 (DE-1 or Explorer 62) was a NASA high-altitude mission, launched on 3 August 1981, and terminated on 28 February 1991. It consisted...

the first of five planetary probes and 11 artificial objects to achieve the escape velocity needed to leave the Solar System. This space exploration project...

the solar wind. Characterize the geometry and time variability of the magnetospheric field. Detect wave-particle interactions with the magnetosphere. Observe...

energetic particles and interaction of the solar wind with the local interstellar medium. These science topics are coupled because particles accelerated...

McKenna-Lawlor, Susan M. P. (2003). Essential Spaceflight Dynamics and Magnetospherics. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Kluwer Academic. pp. 146–147. ISBN 0-306-48027-1...

Jupiter, after Ganymede. In the Solar System it is the third-largest moon after Ganymede and Saturn's largest moon Titan, and as large as the smallest planet...

mass of between 10 and 25 solar masses (M☉), possibly more if the star was especially rich in elements heavier than hydrogen and helium. Except for black...

SME – (spacecraft) Solar Mesosphere Explorer, a spacecraft used to study the Earth's ozone layer SMEX – (spacecraft) SMall EXplorers, the name of a series...

internal (related to the presence of superfluids or turbulence) and external (due to magnetospheric activity) torques in a pulsar. The radiation from pulsars...

discovered “anomalous plasma signatures” in the Io torus of Jupiter's magnetosphere. Using the data from the spacecraft Galileo's energetic particle detector...

the 2020s. ESA plans to launch the Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer (JUICE) to explore Ganymede, Europa, and Callisto in 2022, while NASA will launch Europa Clipper...

achieved humanity's first landing on the far side. LightSail 2 deploys its solar sail in low Earth orbit in July. The mission, funded by The Planetary Society...