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Satellite details
Acronym IMAP
Full name Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe
WIGOS Station Identifier ---
Satellite Description
  • Satellite at L1 point for space weather predictions
  • Will measure solar wind and its interaction with local interstellar medium
Mass at launch Dry mass
Power
Data access link no link provided
Data access information
  • IMAP real-time space weather data through "IMAP Active Link for Real-Time" or I-ALiRT.
  • The NASA Space Physics Data Facility is the final archive for IMAP.
Orbit Lagrange libration point 1 Altitude 1.5e+06 km
ECT N/A

 

Space agency NASA
Status Planned
Details on Status
(as available)
Launch ≥2025 EOL ≥2028
Last update: 2023-04-10
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 IMAP

Acronym Full name
IMAP-Lo IMAP Low energy neutral atoms
IMAP-Hi IMAP high energy neutral atoms
IMAP-Ultra IMAP-Ultra high energy
SWAPI Solar Wind and Pick-up Ion
SWE Solar Wind Electron
MAG IMAP Magnetometer
CoDICE Compact Dual Ion Composition Experiment
HIT High-energy Ion Telescope
IDEX Interstellar Dust Experiment
GLOWS GLObal solar Wind Structure
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