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Ulysses launch
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
|---|---|
| Copyright Year | 1990 |
| Description | Ulysses is a joint mission between the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the European Space Agency (ESA) to explore the heliosphere over the full range of solar latitudes, especially in the polar regions. The goal of the Ulysses mission is to provide an accurate assessment of our total solar environment. This collaborative ESA/NASA mission will, for the first time, explore the heliosphere -- the region of space that is dominated by the Sun-- within a few astronomical units of the Sun over the full range of heliographic latitudes. The path followed by the spacecraft, using a Jupiter gravity-assist to achieve a trajectory extending to high solar latitudes, will enable the highly sophisticated scientific instruments on board to make measurements in the uncharted third dimension of the heliosphere. The Ulysses spacecraft will carry nine scientific instruments to measure the properties of the solar corona, the solar wind, the Sun/wind interface, the heliospheric magnetic field, solar radio bursts, plasma waves, solar X-rays, solar and galactic cosmic rays, and the interplanetary/interstellar neutral gas and dust. Scientists will take advantage of the enormous distance between the spacecraft and the Earth to perform astrophysical measurements and to search for gravitational waves. In conjunction with instrumentation on Earth-orbiting spacecraft, Ulysses will help to precisely locate the mysterious sources of cosmic gamma bursts. The results obtained will help to solve outstanding problems in solar and heliospheric physics, while undoubtedly revealing new and unanticipated phenomena. |
| File Size | 2934764 |
| Page Count | 45 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20050229197 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t1tf4q589 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1990-10-04 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Launch Vehicles And Launch Operations Swingby Technique Ulysses Mission Solar Radio Bursts Solar X-rays Astrophysics Spacecraft Trajectories Gravitational Waves Galactic Cosmic Rays Nasa Space Programs Solar Wind Spacecraft Launching European Space Programs Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
