SAMPEX measured the elemental and isotropic composition of solar energetic particles, anomalous cosmic rays, and galactic cosmic raysMission Duration: July 1992 – November 2012Operating Network: Near Earth Network
SAMPEX measured the elemental and isotropic composition of solar energetic particles, anomalous cosmic rays, and galactic cosmic rays. Designed as a low cost mission with a duration of three years, SAMPEX far exceeded expectations by functioning until 2012, a total of twenty years.
Mission Duration: July 1992 – November 2012Operating Network: Near Earth Network*
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* Editor’s Note: As of October 2020, the Near Earth Network and the Space Network have aggregated into the Near Space Network.