The AMPTE IRM Spacecraft

1 May 1985

journal article
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Vol. GE-23 (3) , 192-201
https://doi.org/10.1109/tgrs.1985.289513

Abstract

The AMPTE Ion Release Module (IRM) together with the other two AMPTE spacecraft, UKS and CCE, were successfully launched with a Delta 3924 vehicle on August 16, 1984 from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The IRM satellite was designed, built, and tested by the Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik. It carries 16 barium and lithium release containers and a plasna diagnostic instrument set. This paper discusses the requirements imposed on the spacecraft design by the mission and the scientific instruments and gives a description of the major spacecraft systems. Finally, a short summary of the first events in the mission is presented.

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The AMPTE UKS Spacecraft
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 1985