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Payload / Mission

SAMPEX

Type
Planetary Science
Orbit
Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

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.