Advanced Composition Explorer spacecraft
ACE is NASA’s Advanced Composition Explorer spacecraft, an active Sun–Earth L1 orbiter launched in 1997 to measure solar, interplanetary, interstellar, and galactic particles and provide space-weather warnings.
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Identity
- Family Name
- ACE
- Full Name
- Advanced Composition Explorer spacecraft
- Roles
- orbiter
- Status
- active
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- ACE is NASA’s Advanced Composition Explorer spacecraft, an active Sun–Earth L1 orbiter launched in 1997 to measure solar, interplanetary, interstellar, and galactic particles and provide space-weather warnings.
- First Flight Year
- 1,997
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/ace/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 12, 2026 at 22:26:49 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 12, 2026 at 22:26:49 UTC