Scout G-1 | SAMPEX
Status: Success | Launched: Jul 03, 1992 14:19 UTC
Launch Provider & Rocket
- Provider: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Government)
- Rocket: Scout G-1 — Scout family
Mission
The main objectives of SAMPEX (Solar Anomalous & Magnetospheric Particle Explorer) experiments was to obtain data for several continuous years on the anomalous, components of cosmic rays, on energetic particle emissions from the sun, and on the precipitating magnetospheric relativistic electrons.
- Type: Planetary Science
- Orbit: Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Launch Site
- Pad: Space Launch Complex 5
- Location: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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