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Ionosphere-Thermosphere Storm Probes
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| name | Ionosphere-Thermosphere Storm Probes | |||||||
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| mission_type | Two Earth orbiters investigating the ionosphere and thermosphere | |||||||
| operator | NASA | |||||||
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| {{end date | YYYY | MM | DD | hh | mm | ss | TZ | Z}} (for Zulu/UTC) or (if time unknown) |
| orbit_reference | Geocentric | |||||||
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| orbit_inclination | 60° | |||||||
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| apsis | gee | |||||||
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Include the dates applicable if possible, and separate each name with a linebreak. Omit if the spacecraft has only ever been known by one name. Do not include Harvard, COSPAR/NSSDC or SATCAT/NORAD/NASA designations as alternative names--
The following template should be used for ONE of the three above fields "end_of_mission", "decay" or "landing" if the spacecraft is no longer operational. If it landed intact, use it for the landing time, otherwise for the date it ceased operations, or the decay date if it was still operational when it re-entered. (for Zulu/UTC) or (if time unknown)
If in doubt, leave it out--
The Ionosphere-Thermosphere Storm Probes (I-TSP) is a NASA mission which will study the ionosphere and the thermosphere. This mission is part of the Living With a Star program, the second mission in a pair of geospace missions. The first mission is the Radiation Belt Storm Probes, which were launched in August 2012.
Mission
Like the Radiation Belt Storm Probes, the I-TSP will be a twin spacecraft mission. The mission is to study distributions of ionospheric and thermospheric densities, geomagnetic disturbances, and ionospheric irregularities. This mission relates to the Sun and solar storms in that it studies the effects of solar storms on geospace. This mission can save astronauts and satellites.
Goals
The Ionosphere-Thermosphere Storm Probes mission has two goals:
- Determine the effects of solar variability on the global-scale behavior of ionospheric electron density
- Determine the solar and geospace causes of small scale ionospheric irregularities
References
References
- (2004). "Future Directions in Solar and Space Physics". The National Academics Press.
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