TRACERS Mission
NASA's TRACERS mission sends two identical spacecraft through Earth's northern polar cusp in quick succession to investigate magnetic reconnection at the magnetopause. The University of Iowa leads the science investigation, Southwest Research Institute manages the mission and instruments, and Millennium Space Systems built and operates the spacecraft.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance SatellitesTRACERS
- Name
- TRACERS Mission
- Status
- active
Details
- Astronauts
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- Description
- NASA's TRACERS mission sends two identical spacecraft through Earth's northern polar cusp in quick succession to investigate magnetic reconnection at the magnetopause. The University of Iowa leads the science investigation, Southwest Research Institute manages the mission and instruments, and Millennium Space Systems built and operates the spacecraft.
- Destination
- Approximately 500 km sun-synchronous low Earth orbit for tandem passes through Earth’s polar cusps to study magnetic reconnection at the magnetopause
- Launch Site
- Outcome
- Successfully launched and operating as a paired heliophysics mission
- Programs
- Start Date
- 2025-07-23
- Vehicle Families
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/tracers/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- July 20, 2026 at 17:38:05 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 22, 2026 at 09:11:39 UTC
Other
- Affiliations
- Search Name
- TRACERS Mission Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites TRACERS
- Space Stations
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- Vehicles