EXOS-D


Name of the satellite EXOS-D
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)