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Wind

(Interplanetary Physics Laboratory)
(spacecraft measuring solar wind)

Wind (an earlier name was Interplanetary Physics Laboratory) is a spacecraft launched by NASA to observe the solar wind. It was launched in 1994, began its operation in an eccentric Earth orbit, was moved to the L1 Lagrangian point in 2004, and operates with enough fuel to continue into the 2070s. Instruments:

KONUS was developed by Russia and analogous instruments named KONUS were used on other Russian missions.


(spacecraft,Sun,L1)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_(spacecraft)
https://wind.nasa.gov/
https://asd.gsfc.nasa.gov/konus/konus.html
https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/heasarc/missions/wind.html
https://www.slideserve.com/wardah/wind-an-interplanetary-physics-laboratory-powerpoint-ppt-presentation
https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1994-071A
https://www.eoportal.org/satellite-missions/wind

Referenced by pages:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
Konus-Wind catalog
Lagrangian point
solar physics

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