Hisaki
(SPRINT-A, Spectroscopic Planet Observatory for Recognition of Interaction of Atmosphere)
(Japanese space ultraviolet telescope)
Hisaki (aka SPRINT-A, for Spectroscopic Planet Observatory for Recognition of Interaction of Atmosphere)
is a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency space extreme ultraviolet telescope launched in 2013.
A primary mission of a year was the initial
goal but it remains operational and active in 2023.
Its instrument
is EXCEED (Extreme Ultraviolet Spectroscope
aka Extreme Ultraviolet Spectroscope for Exospheric Dynamics).
It has been used for solar system science observations,
studying the solar wind and its effect on planetary
atmospheres.
(telescope,ultraviolet,spacecraft,JAXA)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hisaki_(satellite)
https://www.isas.jaxa.jp/en/missions/spacecraft/current/hisaki.html
https://www.isas.jaxa.jp/home/sprint-a/index_en.html
https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=2013-049A
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2013P%26SS...85..250Y/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014SSRv..184..259Y/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019ApJ...872L..24K/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020JGRE..12506500M/abstract
Index