 SAMPEX satellite | |
| Names | Explorer 68 SAMPEX SMEX-1 |
|---|---|
| Mission type | Magnetospheric research |
| Operator | NASA / GSFC Max Planck Institute |
| COSPAR ID | 1992-038A |
| SATCAT no. | 22012 |
| Website | lasp |
| Mission duration | 3 years (planned) 11 years, 11 months and 27 days (achieved) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Explorer LXVIII |
| Spacecraft type | Solar Anomalous and Magnetospheric Particle Explorer |
| Bus | SAMPEX |
| Manufacturer | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Launch mass | 158 kg (348 lb) |
| Payload mass | 45.2 kg (100 lb) |
| Dimensions | 1.5 × 0.9 m (4 ft 11 in × 2 ft 11 in) |
| Power | 102 watts |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 3 July 1992, 14:19 UTC |
| Rocket | Scout G-1 (S-215C) |
| Launch site | Vandenberg, SLC-5 |
| Contractor | Vought |
| Entered service | 3 July 1992 |
| End of mission | |
| Deactivated | 30 June 2004 |
| Last contact | 13 November 2012 |
| Decay date | 13 November 2012, 11:42 UTC [1] |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit[2] |
| Regime | Polar orbit |
| Perigee altitude | 512 km (318 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 687 km (427 mi) |
| Inclination | 81.70° |
| Period | 96.70 minutes |
| Instruments | |
| Heavy Ion Large Telescope (HILT) Low-energy Ion Composition Analyzer (LICA) Mass Spectrometer Telescope (MAST) Proton/Electron Telescope (PET) | |
.gif) SAMPEX (Explorer 68) mission patch Small Explorer program (SAMPEX) | |
The Solar Anomalous and Magnetospheric Particle Explorer (SAMPEX or Explorer 68) was a NASA solar and magnetospheric observatory and was the first spacecraft in the Small Explorer program. It was launched into low Earth orbit on 3 July 1992, from Vandenberg Air Force Base (Western Test Range) aboard a Scout G-1 launch vehicle. SAMPEX was an international collaboration between NASA and the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics of Germany.[3] The Solar Anomalous and Magnetospheric Particle Explorer (SAMPEX) is the first of a series of spacecraft that was launched under the Small Explorer (SMEX) program for low-cost spacecraft.[4]
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