Objectives and Applications
Coronas-Photon was a Russian solar-terrestrial science mission for the study of the solar hard electromagnetic radiation in the energy range from Extreme UV (EUV) up to high-energy gamma-ray radiation. The goal of the project was to investigate the energy accumulation and its transformation into energy of accelerated particle processes during solar flares; the study of the acceleration mechanisms, propagation and interaction of fast particles in the solar atmosphere; the study of the solar activity correlation with physical-chemical processes in the Earth upper atmosphere.
Full Name
Complex Orbital Observations Near-Earth of Activity of the Sun
Mission Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
30 Jan 2009
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EOL Date
18 Apr 2010
Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
95 minutes
Orbit Sense
TBD
Orbit Inclination
82.5 deg
Orbit Altitude
550 km
Orbit Longitude
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International Designator
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