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ISEE Mission

ResourceID
spase://SMWG/Observatory/ISEE

Description

The Explorer-class spacecraft, International Sun-Earth Explorer, that were part of the mother/daughter/heliocentric mission (ISEE 1, ISEE 2, ISEE 3). The purposes of the mission were:

        * (1) to investigate solar-terrestrial relationships at the outermost boundaries of the Earth's magnetosphere,
        * (2) to examine in detail the structure of the solar wind near the Earth and the shock wave that forms the interface between the solar wind and the Earth's magnetosphere,
        * (3) to investigate motions of and mechanisms operating in the plasma sheets, and
        * (4) to continue the investigation of cosmic rays and solar flare effects in the interplanetary region near 1 AU.

The three spacecraft carried a number of complementary instruments for making measurements of plasmas, energetic particles, waves, and fields. The mission thus extended the investigations of previous IMP spacecraft.

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Version:2.7.1

Observatory

ResourceID
spase://SMWG/Observatory/ISEE
ResourceHeader
ResourceName
ISEE Mission
ReleaseDate
2026-07-20 16:22:46Z
RevisionHistory
RevisionEvent
ReleaseDate
2010-10-01 20:05:54Z
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Only known prior ReleaseDate of the metadata
RevisionEvent
ReleaseDate
2026-07-20 16:22:46Z
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Added HelioData InformationURL, Updated to SPASE Version 2.7.1. JWL
Description

The Explorer-class spacecraft, International Sun-Earth Explorer, that were part of the mother/daughter/heliocentric mission (ISEE 1, ISEE 2, ISEE 3). The purposes of the mission were:

        * (1) to investigate solar-terrestrial relationships at the outermost boundaries of the Earth's magnetosphere,
        * (2) to examine in detail the structure of the solar wind near the Earth and the shock wave that forms the interface between the solar wind and the Earth's magnetosphere,
        * (3) to investigate motions of and mechanisms operating in the plasma sheets, and
        * (4) to continue the investigation of cosmic rays and solar flare effects in the interplanetary region near 1 AU.

The three spacecraft carried a number of complementary instruments for making measurements of plasmas, energetic particles, waves, and fields. The mission thus extended the investigations of previous IMP spacecraft.

Contacts
RolePersonStartDateStopDateNote
1.ProjectScientistspase://SMWG/Person/Keith.W.Ogilvie
InformationURL
Name
HelioData
URL
Description

The HelioData mission page provides an overview of the mission and more, such as all SPASE dataset records associated with it.

Location
ObservatoryRegion
Heliosphere.NearEarth