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DeutschElectrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer
_Mission_(SVS14542_-_New_EZIE_STILL_3SATs).jpg) Artist's concept of the EZIE satellites | |
| Names | EZIE |
|---|---|
| Mission type | Magnetospheric research |
| Operator | NASA |
| Website | https://ezie.jhuapl.edu |
| Mission duration | 18 months (planned) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Manufacturer | Blue Canyon Technologies |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 14 March 2025 |
| Rocket | Falcon 9 Block 5 |
| Contractor | SpaceX |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
| Regime | Sun-synchronous, low Earth orbit |
Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer (EZIE) is a NASA heliophysics mission, that studies the Sun and space weather near Earth. It consists of three CubeSats that observe the auroral electrojets, by exploring a phenomenon called Zeeman splitting – the splitting of a molecule’s light spectrum near a magnetic field.[1] EZIE was launched on 14 March 2025 on SpaceX Transporter-13 Mission as a rideshare payload.[2]
EZIE satellites captured "first light" on March 19; one of the three satellites successfully recorded Zeeman splitting of the 118 GHz oxygen emission line for the first time with its Microwave Electrojet Magnetogram (MEM) instrument.[3]
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Further reading
[edit]- Padmanabhan, Sharmila; Misra, Sidharth; Kangaslahti, Pekka; Montes, Oliver; Bosch-Luis, Javier; Cofield, Rick; Ramos, Isaac; Yee, Sam (17 July 2022). Microwave Electrojet Magnetogram (MEM) Instrument for the Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer (EZIE) Mission. IGARSS 2022 - 2022 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. pp. 7337–7340. doi:10.1109/IGARSS46834.2022.9884004.
References
[edit]- ^ "NASA's EZIE Mission Passes Key Milestone – EZIE". blogs.nasa.gov. 11 July 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - ^ "NASA's EZIE Launches on Mission to Study Earth's Electrojets - NASA Science". March 15, 2025.
- ^ "NASA's EZIE Mission Captures 'First Light' - NASA Science". April 22, 2025.
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