THEMIS

2001–2012: Planetary Exploration Becomes Persistent

THEMIS

Multi-spacecraft mission studying substorms.

Era 4 of 6 · full record in the catalog

Launch
17 Feb 2007
Lead / partner
United States
Target
Earth orbit
Category
Magnetospheric science
Status
Success
Vehicle
Delta II 7925-10C
Mass
126 kg
Orbit / trajectory
Geocentric orbit
Duration
Planned: 2 years Elapsed:

Why it happened

THEMIS flew during 2001–2012: Planetary Exploration Becomes Persistent, 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: Multi-spacecraft mission studying substorms.

Results

Multi-spacecraft mission studying substorms.

Related missions

THEMIS CALIPSO — same_target CALIPSO COROT — same_target COROT Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope — same_target Fermi Gamma-r… Hinode — same_target Hinode

CALIPSO

Success

United States / France · 2006

COROT

Success

France / ESA partners · 2006

Hinode

Success

Japan / United States / United Kingdom / ESA · 2005

Sources & image credits

  • Image credit: NASA · license: public-domain (source, checked 2026-08-23)
  • Mission record: AntarikshPedia canonical dataset (data-sources/missions_timeline.md)
  • Specifications reference: NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog