Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites
TRACERS is a pair of identical NASA heliophysics spacecraft that repeatedly cross Earth's northern polar cusp in low Earth orbit. Flying in close succession, they measure how magnetic reconnection transfers energy and particles from the solar wind into Earth's magnetic environment.
Identity
- Aliases
- TRACERS spacecraftNASA TRACERS
- Family Name
- TRACERS
- Full Name
- Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites
- Reusability
- unknown
- Status
- active
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- TRACERS is a pair of identical NASA heliophysics spacecraft that repeatedly cross Earth's northern polar cusp in low Earth orbit. Flying in close succession, they measure how magnetic reconnection transfers energy and particles from the solar wind into Earth's magnetic environment.
- First Flight Year
- 2,025
- Manufacturer
- Operator
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/tracers/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- July 20, 2026 at 17:31:11 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 20, 2026 at 17:31:11 UTC