IMAGE
(Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration)
(satellite mission to study magnetosphere)
The IMAGE spacecraft
(for Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration)
imaged the Earth's
magnetosphere and its response to solar wind from
its 2000 launch until contact was lost in 2005.
Instruments:
- LENA - Low Energy Neutral Atom imager.
- MENA - Medium Energy Neutral Atom imager.
- HENA - High Energy Neutral Atom imager.
- EUV - Extreme Ultraviolet imager.
- FUV - Far Ultraviolet imager.
- RPI - Radio Plasma Imager.
(spacecraft,magnetism,Earth,NASA,past)
Further reading:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMAGE_(spacecraft)
http://pluto.space.swri.edu/IMAGE/
https://image.gsfc.nasa.gov/
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