1986–2000: Stations, Global Partnerships and Flagship Observatories
SAMPEX
Studied energetic particles in Earth’s magnetosphere.
Era 3 of 6 · full record in the catalog
- Launch
- 3 Jul 1992
- Lead / partner
- United States
- Target
- Earth orbit
- Category
- Space physics
- Status
- Success
- Vehicle
- Scout G-1
- Mass
- unknown
- Orbit / trajectory
- Geocentric orbit
- Duration
- 3 years (planned) (science mission)
Why it happened
SAMPEX flew during 1986–2000: Stations, Global Partnerships and Flagship Observatories, as part of United States's work toward earth orbit. A sourced write-up of the context around this mission is still on the editorial queue; nothing here is invented to fill the gap.
The mission
The full narrative of this mission is pending research and writing. What is recorded so far: Studied energetic particles in Earth’s magnetosphere.
Results
Studied energetic particles in Earth’s magnetosphere.
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Sources & image credits
- NASA, via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · license: public-domain (source, checked 2026-08-23)
- Mission record: AntarikshPedia canonical dataset (data-sources/missions_timeline.md)
- Specifications reference: NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog
