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Satellite:
WIND
Satellite details
Acronym
WIND
Full name
WIND
Satellite Description
Single flight unit of the WIND programme.
Main missions; solar physics and Space weather.
Mass at launch
1250 kg
Dry mass
950 kg
Power
370 W
Data access link
http://pwg.gsfc.nasa.gov/windnrt/
Data access information
Data available from NASA/GSFC.
Orbit
Lagrange libration point 1
Altitude
1.5e+06 km
Space agency
NASA
Status
Operational
Details on Status (as
available)
Initially placed in a double-lunar-swingby orbit, the satellite was moved to the L1 position in November 1996.
Launch
01 Nov 1994
EOL
≥2022
Last update:
2022-03-21
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
WIND
Acronym
Full name
MFI
Magnetic Field Investigation
WAVES
Radio and Plasma Wave Experiment
SWE
Solar Wind Experiment
SMS
Solar wind ion composition, Mass sensor, and Suprathermal ion composition
EPACT
Energetic Particles Acceleration, Composition, Transport
PLASMA
3-D Plasma and Energetic Particles Experiment
TGRS
Transient Gamma Ray Spectrometer
KONUS
Gamma Ray Burst Investigation
Show instrument status and calibration
Satellite payload
All known instruments flying on
WIND
* The information in this field is estimated or assumed