May 22 Brief Mission Descriptions - What, Why, When
STP
- STEREO
- Solar-B
- MMS -
(Magnetospheric Multiscale)
- GEC -
(Geospace Electrodynamics Connections)
- L1-Earth-Sun -
Partnership with Earth Science
- MagCon -
(Magnetospheric Constellation)
- DOPPLER -
- HIGO -
(Heliospheric Imager and Galactic Observer)
- AAMP -
(Auroral Acceleration Multi-Probe)
- ITMW -
(Ionospheric-Thermospheric-Mesospheric Waves)
- ITMC -
(Tropical Ionospheric-Thermospheric-Mesospheric Constellation)
- RAM -
(Reconnection and Microscale)
LWS
- SDO -
(Solar Dynamics Observatory)
- RBSP -
(Geospace Storm Probe: Radiation Belt Storm Probe)
- ITSP+Imager -
(Geospace Storm Probe: Ionosphere-Thermosphere Storm Probe)
- IH Sentinels
(Inner Heliosphere Sentinels)
- Solar Orbiter -
Potential Partnership Mission with ESA
- SEPM -
(Solar Energetic Particle Mission [previously SEPP (SEPProduction)])
- Heliostorm
- L1 Mission - Partnership with NOAA
- SWB -
(Solar Weather Buoys)
- SECEP -
(Sun-Earth Coupling by Energetic Particles)
- GEMINI -
(Geospace Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Neutral Imagers)
- SPI -
(Solar Polar Imager)
- Telemachus
- Farside Sentinel
- SHIELDS -
(Solar Heliospheric and Interplanetary Environment Lookout for Deep Space)
- IMC -
(Inner Magnetospheric Constellation)
- DBC -
(Dayside Boundary Layer Constellation)
Flagship
Other Partnership Missions
- SolarSail Demo
- TWINS -
(Two Wide-angle Imaging Neutral-atom Spectrometers)
- ADAM -
(Aeronomy and Dynamics at Mars)
- JPO -
(Jupiter Polar Orbiter)
- MARS -
(Mars Atmospheric Reconaissance Survey (?)
Selected Explorers
- AIM -
(Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere)
- THEMIS -
(Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms)
- IBEX -
(Interstellar Boundary Explorer)
Phase 4 Missions
- MTRAP -
(Magnetic Transisition Region Probe)
- SCOPE -
(Solar Connections Observatory for Planetary Environments)
- Titan Explorer
- VAP -
(Venus Aeronomy Probe)
- IE -
Io Electrodynamics