Name of the satellite | EXOS-D |
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Other name(s) | Akebono 19822 |
COSPAR designation | 89-016A |
Project(s) Manager(s) of the satellite | Tatsuzo Obayashi |
Institute of the project(s) manager(s) | ISAS |
Country or Space Agency | JPN |
Link(s) to Web site(s) | http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1989-016A
http://pat.geophys.tohoku.ac.jp/~yoshida/paper/paper0304a.htm http://www.darts.isas.ac.jp/akbn/ |
Launch date (dd-mm-yyyy) | 21-02-1989 |
Termination date (dd-mm-yyyy) | ????? |
Lifetime of the satellite (month) | ????? |
Type of the orbits | MEO |
(Initial) Perigee (km) | 274 |
(Initial) Apogee (km / Re) | 10500 / 1.65 |
Orbital period (min / hour) | 212 / 3.53 |
Spin rate (rpm) | 7.5 |
Eccentricity | 0.36552 |
Inclination (°) | 75 |
Observed regions | The particle acceleration regions above the auroral region and the cusp region plasma |
Observed waves | Field-aligned currents, auroral kilometric radiations, auroral hiss, whistler modes, ion cyclotron waves and Alfven waves |
Name of the first experiment | Electric Field Detectors (EFD) |
Name of the second experiment | Magnetic Field Detector (MGF) |
Name of the third experiment | Very Low Frequency Wave Detectors (VLF) |
Name of the fourth experiment | Stimulated Plasma Wave and High Frequency Plasma Wave Detectors (PWS) |