Sun  ID: 3994

RBSP & SDO: Newest Heliophysics Missions

The newest members of NASA's Heliophysics fleet are the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), launched February 11, 2010, and the Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP), launched August 23, 2012.

Revision (November 9, 2012): The RBSP mission has been renamed the Van Allen Probes. NASA Press Release.


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Tom Bridgman (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Lead Animator
Scott Wiessinger (USRA): Producer
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Missions:
Radiation Belt Storm Probes/Van Allen Probes - RBSP
SDO
Van Allen Probes

Data Used:
SSCweb also referred to as: SSCweb ephemerides
Ephemeris - NASA/GSFC Space Physics Data Facility - RBSP
Satellite ephemerides
JPL DE421 also referred to as: DE421
Ephemeris - NASA/JPL - Moon
Satellite ToolKit Ephemeris also referred to as: STK Ephemeris
Ephemeris - STK - SDO
Satellite ephemerides
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NASM2012

Keywords:
SVS >> HDTV
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Sun-earth Interactions
SVS >> Space Weather
SVS >> SDO
SVS >> Solar Dynamics Observatory
SVS >> Heliophysics
NASA Science >> Sun
SVS >> RBSP
SVS >> Van Allen Probes

GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0