Name of the satellite | FAST |
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Other name(s) | Explorer 70 SMEX/FAST 24285 |
COSPAR designation | 96-049A |
Project(s) Manager(s) of the satellite | Ronald E. Adkins |
Institute of the project(s) manager(s) | NASA-GSFC |
Country or Space Agency | USA |
Link(s) to Web site(s) | http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1996-049A
http://sprg.ssl.berkeley.edu/fast/ http://www-ssc.igpp.ucla.edu/fast/ http://sunland.gsfc.nasa.gov/smex/fast/fast_top.html |
Launch date (dd-mm-yyyy) | 21-08-1996 |
Termination date (dd-mm-yyyy) | ***** |
Lifetime of the satellite (month) | ***** |
Type of the orbits | MEO |
(Initial) Perigee (km) | 348 |
(Initial) Apogee (km / Re) | 4159 / 0.65 |
Orbital period (min / hour) | 133 / 2.2 |
Spin rate (rpm) | 12 |
Eccentricity | 0.19317 |
Inclination (°) | 83 |
Observed regions | Earth's auroral regions, upper atmosphere |
Observed waves | Auroral kilometric radiation (AKR), ion cyclotron waves and VLF auroral hiss and saucers |
Name of the first experiment | Electric Field and Langmuir Probe Experiment |
Name of the second experiment | Tri-Axial Fluxgate and Search-coil Magnetometers |