AMPTE-CCE

AMPTE-CEE
AMPTE-CCE (Explorer 65) satellite
NamesExplorer 65
AMPTE-Charge Composition Explorer
Mission typeMagnetosphere research
OperatorNASA
COSPAR ID1984-088A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.15199
Mission duration5 years (achieved)
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftExplorer LXV
Spacecraft typeActive Magnetospheric Particle Tracer Explorers (AMPTE)
BusAMPTE-CEE
Launch mass242 kg (534 lb)
Power140 watts
Start of mission
Launch date16 August 1984, 14:48 UTC[1]
RocketDelta 3924 (Delta 175)
Launch siteCape Canaveral, LC-17A
ContractorDouglas Aircraft Company
Entered service16 August 1984
End of mission
Last contact12 July 1989
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit[2]
RegimeHighly elliptical orbit
Perigee altitude0.17 RE
Apogee altitude8.79 RE
Inclination4.8°
Period16 hours
Instruments
CCE Magnetometer (MAG)
Charge-Energy-Mass Spectrometer (CHEM)
Hot Plasma Composition Experiment (HPCE)
Medium Energy Particle Analyzer (MEPA)
Plasma Wave Experiment (PWE)
Explorer program
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AMPTE-Charge Composition Explorer, also called as AMPTE-CCE or Explorer 65, was a NASA satellite designed and tasked to study the magnetosphere of Earth, being launched as part of the Explorer program. The AMPTE (Active Magnetospheric Particle Tracer Explorers) mission was designed to study the access of solar wind ions to the magnetosphere, the convective-diffusive transport and energization of magnetospheric particles, and the interactions of plasmas in space.[3]

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