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SOLAR WATCH * Huge X8.2 Flare Sept. 10, 2017! (Updated Daily)
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I think ace satellite is down for the count! There, usually every time I predict something it proves me wrong, so Nict should be up shortly
Quoting: shadasonic [ link to swepam.lanl.gov] launched Aug 25, 1997 10:39 am ESTmission lifetime 2 to 5 years. well if we lost it....it ran10 years longer then they ever thought. let us hope not! Spacecraft Characteristics
Mass: 785 kg (includes 189 kg fuel)
Structure: Two octagonal decks, 1.6 m across, 1.0 m high
Propulsion: Hydazine, for insertion and maintenance in orbit
Power: 443 W, four fixed solar arrays
Attitude Subsystem: Spinning spacecraft; spin axis; Earth/Sun pointing
Communications: S-band, 7 kbps (real time), 1 Gbit (total) solid state recorders
Mission Characteristics
Launch: August 1997
Launch Vehicle: Delta II
Primary Mission: Observe energetic particles within the solar system
Mission Lifetime: 2 years/5-year goal
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