Objectives and Applications
The overall objective to study the global response of the Earth's magnetosphere to changes in the solar wind. Observations of high spatial and temporal resolution 3D imagery of magnetospheric plasma motions.
Full Name
Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration
Mission Status
Cancelled
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
25 Mar 2000
Mission Links
EOL Date
18 Dec 2005
Orbit Type
Highly elliptical
Orbit Period
853.8 minutes
Orbit Sense
Orbit Inclination
94.9 deg
Orbit Altitude
45922 km
Orbit Longitude
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