ACI Sounding Rocket (IMAGE)

Southwest Research Institute

ACI Sounding Rocket

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Two NASA sounding rockets carrying SwRI-developed ion instruments studied the electrodynamics of the polar cusp. The instruments will fly on TRACERS, a heliophysics mission to study how the Earth's and Sun's magnetic fields interact, set to launch in 2023.

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NASA/Jamie Adkins

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