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Satellite:
ARTEMIS-P2
Satellite details
Acronym
ARTEMIS-P2
Full name
Acceleration, Reconnection, Turbulence, and Electrodynamics of the Moon's Interaction with the Sun - P2
Satellite Description
2nd unit of the constellation of 2 satellites observing the Magnetosphere from lunar orbits.
Main mission: Space weather, magnetosphere processes.
Positioned at the LL1 and LL2 Lunar Lagrange libration points, LL1 between the Earth and the Moon, LL2 opposite to the Earth; elliptical orbits around the Moon with perigee 100 km and apogee 19,000 km.
Mass at launch
126 kg
Dry mass
77 kg
Power
41 W
Data access link
no link provided
Data access information
Data are available from the Space Sciences Laboratory (SSL), Berkeley University.
Orbit
Lunar orbit
Altitude
Inclination
6
°
Space agency
NASA
Status
Operational
Details on Status (as
available)
The two satellites were with the THEMIS cluster until 20 July 2009. then were moved to lunar orbits. The orbital re-configuration took about two years.
Launch
15 Jul 2011
EOL
≥2022
Last update:
2022-01-03
Associated satellite programme and related satellites
Note: red tag: no longer operational , green tag: operational ,
blue tag : future
Satellite Payload
All known Instruments flying on
ARTEMIS-P2
Acronym
Full name
FGM
Fluxgate Magnetometer
ESA
Electrostatic Analyzer
SST
Solid State Telescope
SCM
Search Coil Magnetometer
EFI
Electric Field Instrument
Show instrument status and calibration
Satellite payload
All known instruments flying on
ARTEMIS-P2
* The information in this field is estimated or assumed