Taylor M Potter

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

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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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Uncrewed heliophysics and geospace observatoryAMPTE Charge Composition ExplorerNear-equatorial elliptical magnetospheric orbit

Spacecraft: AMPTE Charge Composition Explorer spacecraft
Launch vehicle: Delta 3924
Science payload: Hot-plasma composition spectrometer, charge-energy-mass spectrometer, medium-energy particle analyzer, magnetometer, and plasma-wave experiment

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Uncrewed heliophysics and geospace observatoryAMPTE Ion Release ModuleHighly elliptical Earth orbit reaching the solar wind

Spacecraft: AMPTE Ion Release Module spacecraft
Launch vehicle: Delta 3924
Science payload: Sixteen barium and lithium release canisters, plasma and particle spectrometers, magnetometers, wave instruments, and propulsion

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Uncrewed heliophysics and geospace observatoryAMPTE United Kingdom SubsatelliteFormation orbit near AMPTE IRM

Spacecraft: AMPTE United Kingdom Subsatellite spacecraft
Launch vehicle: Delta 3924
Science payload: Ion and electron spectrometers, magnetometer, plasma-wave instruments, and cold-gas formation-control system

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Uncrewed heliophysics and geospace observatoryWindComplex near-Earth and lunar-assisted trajectories; Sun-Earth L1 since 2004

Spacecraft: Wind spacecraft
Launch vehicle: Delta II 7925-10
Science payload: Three-dimensional plasma analyzer, magnetic-field instrument, plasma and radio waves, solar-wind composition, energetic-particle, cosmic-ray, and Konus gamma-ray instruments

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Uncrewed solar and heliophysics observatorySolar and Heliospheric ObservatoryLissajous orbit around the Sun-Earth L1 point

Spacecraft: Solar and Heliospheric Observatory spacecraft
Launch vehicle: Atlas IIAS
Science payload: Twelve instruments for helioseismology, ultraviolet spectroscopy and imaging, coronagraphy, solar-wind composition, and energetic particles

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Uncrewed heliophysics and geospace observatoryPolarHighly elliptical polar Earth orbit

Spacecraft: Polar spacecraft
Launch vehicle: Delta II 7925-10
Science payload: Ultraviolet and visible auroral imagers, electric- and magnetic-field instruments, plasma spectrometers, energetic-particle detectors, and wave experiments

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Uncrewed heliophysics and geospace observatoryAdvanced Composition ExplorerLissajous orbit around Sun-Earth L1

Spacecraft: Advanced Composition Explorer spacecraft
Launch vehicle: Delta II 7920-8
Science payload: Nine instruments measuring solar-wind ions, electrons, energetic particles, isotopes, cosmic rays, and the interplanetary magnetic field

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