CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- SAMPEX
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Full Name
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Solar Anomalous and Magnetospheric Particle Explorer
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Status
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Mission complete
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Mission Agencies
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NASA
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Launch Date
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03 Jul 1992
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Mission Links
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mission site
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EOL Date
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13 Nov 2012
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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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Inclined, non-sun-synchronous
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Orbit Period
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96.7 minutes
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Orbit Sense
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Orbit Inclination
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82 deg
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Orbit Altitude
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595 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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SAMPEX (also known as Explorer 68) is NASA's first SMEX mission with the objectives to measure energetic electrons as well as ion composition of particle populations from about 0.4 MeV/nucleon to hundreds of MeV/ nucleon from a zenith-oriented satellite in near polar orbit; to study the energy, composition, and charge states of particles from supernova explosions, from the heart of solar flares, and from the depths of nearby interstellar space; also to monitor the magnetospheric particle population
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Mission Measurements
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Mission Instruments
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