Advanced Composition Explorer L1 particle observatory spacecraft
NASA Advanced Composition Explorer operates near the Sun-Earth L1 point, measuring solar, interplanetary, interstellar, and galactic particles while providing space-weather warnings and geomagnetic-storm alerts.
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Identity
- Aliases
- ACEAdvanced Composition ExplorerAdvanced Composition Explorer spacecraft1997-045A
- Family Name
- ACE
- Full Name
- Advanced Composition Explorer L1 particle observatory spacecraft
- Roles
- orbiterobservatoryresearch
- Status
- active
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- NASA Advanced Composition Explorer operates near the Sun-Earth L1 point, measuring solar, interplanetary, interstellar, and galactic particles while providing space-weather warnings and geomagnetic-storm alerts.
- First Flight Year
- 1,997
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/ace/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 14, 2026 at 00:20:12 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 14, 2026 at 00:20:12 UTC