Observations of low-energy plasma composition from the ISEE-1 and SCATHA satellites

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Ion Distribution, Ion Temperature, Ionospheric Drift, Magnetospheric Ion Density, Plasma Composition, Satellite Sounding, Geomagnetism, International Sun Earth Explorer 1, Ionospheric Heating, Ionospheric Ion Density, Particle Precipitation, Plasma Dynamics, Plasmasphere, Scatha Satellite

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This brief review is concerned with some of the initial measurements of low-energy ion properties conducted with the aid of ion composition detectors aboard the ISEE-1 and SCATHA satellites. ISEE-1 was launched in October 1977 into a highly elliptical orbit, while SCATHA was launched in January 1979 into a near geosynchronous orbit. Attention is given to the origin of low-energy plasma, the energization of ionospheric ions, the transport of ionospheric ions, and the loss of low-energy plasma from the magnetosphere. According to results obtained during the past several years, including the present ISEE-1 and SCATHA results, there are significant, and occasionally dominant, concentrations of He(+) and O(+) in various locations within the magnetosphere.

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