IMP-8
IMP Charged Particle Measurement Experiment
at Fundamental Technologies
I. IMP8 Descriptions
- IMP8 Mission Overview
- Fundamental Technologies CPME Project Background
- CPME Instrument Description
- Schematic of the CPME Instrument
II. CPME Data
III. Experimenters (Binary Decom Files for Experimenters)
IV. Publications
- IMP Journal Publications and Conference Proceedings
- IMP Reference Materials, Handbooks, and Experimenters'/Programmers' Notes
VI. IMP8 Information at Other Sites
- Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory IMP8 CPME and EPE Information and Data
- MIT Space Plasma Group IMP 8 Home Page
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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.