Japanese Halley missions with Sakigake and Suisei
Abstract
Two Japanese spacecraft, MS-T5 and Planet-A (renamed 'Sakigake' and 'Suisei' respectively) were launched into interplanetary space with the goal of encountering Comet Halley. Together, the spacecraft carried the following instruments: (1) an ultraviolet imager, (2) an electrostatic analyzer for detecting solar wind ions and electrons, (3) a Faraday cup for solar wind detection, (4) plasma wave detectors, and (5) a ring core magnetometer to detect magnetic fields. Examples of solar wind plama data are provided.
- Publication:
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EOS
- Pub Date:
- February 1986
- Bibcode:
- 1986EOS....67...65O
- Keywords:
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- Halley'S Comet;
- Japanese Spacecraft;
- Solar Wind;
- Space Probes;
- Cometary Atmospheres;
- Interplanetary Flight;
- Lyman Spectra;
- Magnetometers;
- Ultraviolet Photography;
- Spacecraft Instrumentation