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Dynamics Explorer

Dynamics Explorer is explored here through 2 archived missions, from Dynamics Explorer 1 through Dynamics Explorer 2, with the program’s spacecraft, people, milestones, and source-backed history connected along the way.

Missions: 2
People: 0
Vehicles: 2

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Dynamics Explorer science and payloads

The instruments, experiments, destinations, and scientific purpose connected to each robotic mission.

Uncrewed heliophysics and geospace observatoryDynamics Explorer 1High-altitude elliptical polar orbit

Spacecraft: Dynamics Explorer 1 spacecraft
Launch vehicle: Delta 3913
Science payload: Auroral imager, retarding ion mass spectrometer, plasma, energetic-particle, electric-field, magnetic-field, and wave instruments

Open science record →Uncrewed heliophysics and geospace observatoryDynamics Explorer 2Low-altitude polar orbit coplanar with DE-1

Spacecraft: Dynamics Explorer 2 spacecraft
Launch vehicle: Delta 3913
Science payload: Neutral-atmosphere, ion composition, plasma drift, electric-field, magnetic-field, ultraviolet, and airglow instruments

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