Objectives and Applications
ISEE is a NASA/ESA cooperative program consisting of three satellites intended to study the dynamic properties of Earth's magnetosphere and the solar wind in front of the magnetosphere (study the interaction of the interplanetary medium with the earth's immediate environment and to study the magnetosphere bow shock and magnetosheath in order to derive a better model of the interaction).
Full Name
International Sun-Earth Explorer
Mission Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
22 Oct 1977
Mission Links
EOL Date
26 Sep 1987
Orbit Type
Highly elliptical
Orbit Period
3441 minutes
Orbit Sense
Orbit Inclination
28.76 deg
Orbit Altitude
Orbit Longitude
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International Designator
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