WWW Virtual Library: Aeronomy, Solar-Terrestrial Physics & Chemistry

General satellite links

• International Journal of Small Satellite Engineering
• ISTP Science Planning and Operations Facility
• Small Satellite Home Page
• Satellite location:
  • Satellite Situation Center (SSC)
  • CelesTrak WWW

Past satellite projects

• Hawkeye (Explorer 52) 1974
• Dynamics Explorer (DE) 1981
• JPL Past Missions
• Akebono
• AMPTE Science Data Center (1984-1995), Active Magnetospheric Particle Tracer Explorers
  • AMPTE/CCE Space Science Data Center, JHU/APL
• ASTRID-1 (1995), Swedish microsatellite to study neutral particle phenomena in near-Earth plasma environment
• ASTRID-2 (1998-1999), Swedish follow-up project to ASTRID-1
• CRRES (1990-1991), The Combined Release and Radiation Effects Satellite
• Equator-S Homepage 1997
• FREJA (1992-1996), Swedish-German satellite to study Earth's topside ionosphere and lower magnetosphere
  • Freja Magnetic Field Experiment Homepage
• Hinotori
• Hipparcos (1989-1993), Optical star telescope
• ISEE-1, -2, and -3 (1977-1987) some data...
• ISO (1995-1998), The European Infrared Space Telescope
• IUE (1978-1996), International Ultraviolet Explorer
• Lunar Orbiter 1-5 (1966-1967)
• Magellan Mission to Venus Project Home Page.
  • Magellan (-1990-1994), Venus orbiter and radar mapper - NASA past mission page.
• Mariner 4, 6, 7(1965-69), Mars flybys
• Mariner 9 (1971-72), Mars orbiter
• Mariner 10 (1973-1975), Three Mercury flybys
• NASA's Mars Exploration Program
  • Mars Observer (1992-1993)
  • Mars Pathfinder (1996-1998)
  • Mars Global Surveyor
  • Mars Explorationi Rover Mission
• Pioneer (1978-1992), Venus Orbiter (PVO)
• Ranger 7, 8, 9 (1964-1965) Moon landers
• Surveyor 1, 3, 5, 6, and 7 (1966-1968) Moon landers
• Viking (1986-1987), The first Swedish satellite studying Earth's magnetosphere
• Voyager web site
  • Voyager Plasma Sciences, MIT
  • Voyager Plasma Wave, University of Iowa
• Galileo Home Page (1989-1995-2003), Mission to Jupiter
  • Energetic Particle Detector, JHU/APL

Current satellite projects

• Mars Climate Orbiter/Mars Polar Lander
• ACE (1997-)
• 1990-095, 1991-080, 1994-084, LANL-97A (continuous project), Geostationary satellites
• Cassini (1997-), Mission to Saturn (incl. Huygens probe)
• CHAMP, geoscience and atmospheric research and applications satellite2
• DMSP F12, F13, and F14 (continuous project), Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
• Geotail CPI Homepage
  • Geotail (1992-), Studies of the Earth's magnetotail
  • JHU/APL GEOTAIL/EPIC Science Data Center
• GOES-8 and -10 (continuous project), Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites
• FAST (1996-), Fast Auroral Snapshot Explorer
  • FAST Magnetometer Team
• Hubble (1990-), Space Telescope
• IMP 8 1973, Plasma Instrument Homepage
  • Interplanetary Monitoring Platform-8 (IMP-8)
  • IMP-8, Solar wind/IMF monitor
• Interball (1995-), Two-satellite project to study the Earth's magnetosphere
  • Interball at NSSDC
• Lunar Prospector (1998-), First NASA Moon mission in 25 years
• Oersted Satellite Project Home Page 1999
• NEAR (1996-), Near-Earth Asteroid Rendezvous
  • NEAR Magnetometer Investigation
• NOAA-14 and -15 (continuous project), Advanced Television Infrared Observation Satellites (TIROS)
• POLAR (1996-), Studies of Earth's magnetosphere and solar wind high above the pole
  • CAMMICE / CEPPAD WWW page
  • TIDE Home Page
  • TIMAS Home Page
  • UCLA POLAR Magnetometer Team Home Page
  • University of Iowa Plasma Wave Investigators Home Page
  • UVI WWW page
  • VIS Home Page
  • GGS/POLAR
• SAMPEX (1992-), Solar Anomalous Magnetospheric Particle EXplorer
  • NASA's SAMPEX Page
• SOHO (1995-), The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory
• TOPEX/Poseidon (1992-), Understanding our Oceans & Climate from Space
• UARS (1991-), Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite Project
  • UARS Project Guide Document
  • Particle Environment Monitor (PEM)
• Ulysses (1990-1994-) Mission to study the poles of the Sun
  • NASA page
  • JHU/APL Ulysses HI-SCALE Instrument
• Wind (1994-), Solar wind/IMF monitor
  • 3-D Plasma and Energetic Particle Homepage
  • MFI - The Magnetic Fields Investigation
  • SWE - The Solar Wind Experiment
  • WAVES - The Radio and Plasma Waves Instrument
  • GGS/WIND
• Yohkoh (1991-), Studying X-rays and gamma-rays from the Sun (Japanese version)
• ODIN (1999-), Research of interstellar medium
• XMM (1999-), X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission
• CLUSTER (2000-2005), Four-satellite project to study Earth's magnetosphere and solar wind
  • Brief Description (ISTP)
  • Mission overview (IGPP/UCLA)
  • Ground-Based Data Centre
  • CLUSTER Joint Satellite Operations Center
  • EFW Instrument, IRFU
• Tomographic Experiment using Radiative Recombinative Ionospheric EUV and Radio Sources (TERRIERS) 1999? Boston University
• IMAGE (2000-2005)
• Integral (2002-), International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory
• SMART-1 (2003-), The first Small Mission for Advanced Research in Technology of ESA
• Mars Express (2003-)
• Rosetta (2004-), To explore the comet Churyumov Gerasimenko
• Joint Science Operation Center (JSOC)

Future satellite projects

• Data Processing/Inter-Calibration (IGPP/UCLA)
• FIRST (2007?), The Far Infra-Red and Submillimetre Telescope
• ØRSTED
• Planck (2007?), Survey of the sky
• Solar Orbiter (2008-2013)
• EO Satellite Launch Table