IMP-8
IMP Charged Particle Measurement Experiment
at Fundamental Technologies
IMP Reference Materials, Handbooks, and Notes
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S1P Documents:
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Experimenters' and Programmers' Notes and Programmatics
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Additional IMP Information:
- Lamm, O., and J. Gunther, IMP8 Data Processing Documentation, at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, 2001.
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Updated 8/8/19, Cameron Crane
QUICK FACTS
Mission Duration: Although only 10
years were originally expected for the lifetime of the
IMP-8 spacecraft, it is still operational after 45+
years.
Destination: The IMP-8 spacecraft spends roughly half of its 12-day orbit in solar winds, with the other half spent studying the magnetosphere and magnetosheath of Earth.
Orbit: The IMP-8 spacecraft orbits in a geocentric elliptical orbit with an inclination varying from 0 to 55 degrees.
Destination: The IMP-8 spacecraft spends roughly half of its 12-day orbit in solar winds, with the other half spent studying the magnetosphere and magnetosheath of Earth.
Orbit: The IMP-8 spacecraft orbits in a geocentric elliptical orbit with an inclination varying from 0 to 55 degrees.