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HelioSwarm

NASA’s HelioSwarm mission will use a constellation of nine spacecraft to make multiscale in-space measurements of solar-wind turbulence, improving understanding of the Sun-Earth connection and space-weather environment.

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HelioSwarm
Status
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Description
NASA’s HelioSwarm mission will use a constellation of nine spacecraft to make multiscale in-space measurements of solar-wind turbulence, improving understanding of the Sun-Earth connection and space-weather environment.
Destination
Eccentric P/2 lunar-resonant high Earth orbit (approximately 11–60 Earth radii; about a two-week period) for nine-spacecraft multiscale measurements of solar-wind turbulence
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Creation Time
August 13, 2026 at 19:56:17 UTC
Updated Time
August 22, 2026 at 12:06:46 UTC

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