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The Ulysses missionThe Ulysses mission is unique in the history of the exploration of solar system by spacecraft. The path followed by Ulysses will make it possible, for the first time, to explore the heliosphere within a few astronomical units of the sun over the full range of heliographic latitudes, thereby providing the first characterization of the uncharted third heliospheric dimension. Advanced scientific instrumentation carried on board the spacecraft is designed to measure the properties of the heliospheric magnetic field, the solar wind, the sun/wind interface, solar radio bursts and plasma waves, solar energetic particles and galactic cosmic rays, solar X-rays, and interplanetary/interstellar neutral gas and dust. Ulysses will also be used to detect cosmic gamma-ray bursts and search for gravitational waves. The mission, a collaboration between ESA and NASA, was launched in October 1990 and employs a Jupiter gravity-assist to achieve the trajectory extending to high solar latitudes. The paper describes the characteristics of the Ulysses mission in order to establish a framework within which to better understand the objectives and goals of the scientific investigations.
Document ID
19920041684
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Wenzel, K.-P.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Marsden, R. G.
(ESTEC Noordwijk, Netherlands)
Page, D. E.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Smith, E. J.
(JPL Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 15, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1992
Publication Information
Publication: Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series
Volume: 92
Issue: 2, Ja
ISSN: 0365-0138
Subject Category
Astronautics (General)
Accession Number
92A24308
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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