Carruthers Geocorona Observatory
NASA’s Carruthers Geocorona Observatory is an active mission at Sun-Earth L1 that surveys Earth’s exosphere and its ultraviolet geocorona to understand how space weather changes the outer atmosphere.
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- Aliases
- CarruthersGLIDE MissionGeocorona Observatory
- Name
- Carruthers Geocorona Observatory
- Status
- active
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- Description
- NASA’s Carruthers Geocorona Observatory is an active mission at Sun-Earth L1 that surveys Earth’s exosphere and its ultraviolet geocorona to understand how space weather changes the outer atmosphere.
- Destination
- Sun–Earth L1 Lagrange Point for continuous ultraviolet imaging of Earth’s geocorona and exosphere
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- Start Date
- 2025-09-24
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- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 18:46:37 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 22, 2026 at 12:14:27 UTC
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