An update on the Active Magnetospheric Particle Tracer Explorers (AMPTE) program

Details An update on the Active Magnetospheric Particle Tracer Explorers (AMPTE) program An update on the Active Magnetospheric Particle Tracer Explorers (AMPTE) program

Sep 1987

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Johns Hopkins APL Technical Digest (ISSN 0270-5214), vol. 8, July-Sept. 1987, p. 340-347.

Computer Science

Ampte (Satellites), Space Programs, Barium Ion Clouds, Earth Magnetosphere, Energetic Particles, Ion Injection, Lithium, Magnetosheath, Radiation Belts

Scientific paper

The principles involved in the AMPTE mission's active experiments are discussed together with the role of the AMPTE satellites (the Germany's Ion Release Module, IRM, the United Kingdom Subsatellite, and the U.S Charge Composition Explorer, CCE) in and the results of the ion-release experiments. The AMPTE orbit profile is described, with the times of solar-wind and magnetotail ion releases (two barium and two lithium releases were carried out as the IRM precessed through the magnetosheath) shown schematically. In addition to the results on the Van Allen radiation belts obtained through the ion-release experiments, studies of the radiation belts with the new generation of sensors aboard the CCE and IRM are described.

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