Objectives and Applications
to study the physical processes involved in the interaction between the solar wind and the magnetosphere by visiting key regions like the polar cusps and the magnetotail (mapping in three dimensions the plasma structures contained in these regions).
Full Name
Four Spacecraft Constellation in Concert with SOHO
Mission Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
16 Jul 2000
Mission Links
EOL Date
08 Sep 2024
Orbit Type
Highly elliptical
Orbit Period
3420 minutes
Orbit Sense
Orbit Inclination
90 deg
Orbit Altitude
19000 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
2023-05-03T11:02:04.294+0100
Repeat Cycle
0 days
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International Designator
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