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Satellite Programme:
GEOTAIL
Programme details
Programme description
Single-satellite programme, addressing properties of the Magnetosphere.
Joint JAXA-NASA programme: JAXA responsible of satellite development, NASA of the launch. Shared mission operations
The platform is spin-stabilised.
The design life time is 4 years.
The satellite exploits an elliptical orbit, highly elongated along the magnetospheric tail.
See detailed description at http://www.stp.isas.ac.jp/geotail .
Data circulation
Onboard stored and real-time data downlinked to the Usuda and Kagoshima stations (Japan) and at the NASA's Deep Space Network. JAXA is responsible for spacecraft operations. Scientific data distributed from JAXA and NASA.
Agencies
JAXA
, NASA
Programme lifetime
1992 - 2022
Associated satellites and instruments
Note: red tag => no longer operational , green tag => operational
, blue tag => planned
OSCAR/Space Version 2.6 released
OSCAR/Space Version 2.6 was released including new features related to Gap Analysis and satellite status information. With version 2.6 OSCAR/Space has a new URL; https://space.oscar.wmo.int . Please read more via the link here .