CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
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Full Name
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Active Magnetosphere and Planetary Electrodynamics Response Experiment
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Status
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Operational (nominal)
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Mission Agencies
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Iridium 
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Launch Date
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05 May 1997
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Mission Links
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mission site
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EOL Date
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Dec 2024
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EO Portal Info
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NORAD Catalog #
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International Designator
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Orbit Type
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Sun-synchronous
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Orbit Period
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Orbit Sense
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Orbit Inclination
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65 deg
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Orbit Altitude
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780 km
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Orbit Longitude
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Orbit LST
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Repeat Cycle
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Objectives and Applications
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AMPERE is a U.S. Earth observing system (2010) providing near-realtime magnetic field measurements using commercial satellites as part of a new observation network to forecast weather in space. This is the first step in developing a system that enables 24-hour tracking of Earth's response to supersonic blasts of plasma ejected from the Sun at collection rates fast enough to one day enable forecasters to predict space weather effects.
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Mission Measurements
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Mission Instruments
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OpenSearch Datasets
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