Wind solar-wind observatory spacecraft
Wind is NASA’s active solar-wind observatory spacecraft, launched in 1994 and operating around Sun–Earth L1 to measure the solar wind before it reaches Earth’s magnetosphere.
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Identity
- Family Name
- Wind
- Full Name
- Wind solar-wind observatory spacecraft
- Roles
- orbiter
- Status
- active
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- Wind is NASA’s active solar-wind observatory spacecraft, launched in 1994 and operating around Sun–Earth L1 to measure the solar wind before it reaches Earth’s magnetosphere.
- First Flight Year
- 1,994
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/wind/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 12, 2026 at 22:49:18 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 12, 2026 at 22:49:18 UTC