WIND solar wind research spacecraft
NASA WIND observes the solar wind before it reaches Earth magnetosphere from a halo orbit around the Sun-Earth L1 point, measuring plasma, energetic particles, magnetic fields, and radio waves for long-baseline heliophysics research.
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Identity
- Aliases
- WINDWindGlobal Geospace Science WindInterplanetary Physics Laboratory1994-071A
- Family Name
- WIND
- Full Name
- WIND solar wind research spacecraft
- Roles
- orbiterobservatoryresearch
- Status
- active
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- NASA WIND observes the solar wind before it reaches Earth magnetosphere from a halo orbit around the Sun-Earth L1 point, measuring plasma, energetic particles, magnetic fields, and radio waves for long-baseline heliophysics research.
- First Flight Year
- 1,994
Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/wind/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 14, 2026 at 00:21:27 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 14, 2026 at 00:21:27 UTC