Name of the satellite | ISEE 2 |
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Other name(s) | ISEE-B 10423 |
COSPAR designation | 77-102B |
Project(s) Manager(s) of the satellite | Paul J. Pashby (retired) |
Institute of the project(s) manager(s) | NASA-GSFC |
Link(s) to Web site(s) | http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1977-102B
http://www-ssc.igpp.ucla.edu/ssc/isee/ http://ndads.gsfc.nasa.gov/arms/archives_ISEE2.holdings |
Country or Space Agency | USA |
Launch date (dd-mm-yyyy) | 22-10-1977 |
Termination date (dd-mm-yyyy) | 26-09-1987 |
Lifetime of the satellite (month) | 119 |
Type of the orbits | HEO |
(Initial) Perigee (km) | 280 |
(Initial) Apogee (km / Re) | 138317 / 21.7 |
Orbital period (min / hour) | 3556.8 / 59.3 |
Spin rate (rpm) | 19.8 |
Eccentricity | 0.91 |
Inclination (°) | 28.76 |
Observed regions | The outermost boundaries of the Earth's magnetosphere, the interface between the solar wind and the Earth's magnetosphere, the plasma sheets, the plasmasphere and the magnetosheath |
Observed waves | ***** |
Name of the first experiment | Fluxgate Magnetometer, Tri-axial |
Name of the second experiment | Plasma waves: electric & magnetic fields spectra (5.62Hz - 31.1 kHz) |