In the fall of 1979, last of ten Interplanetary Monitoring Platform Satellite (IMP) missions ended a ten year series of flights dedicated to obtaining new knowledge of the radiation effects in outer space and of solar phenomena during a period of maximum solar flare activity. The technological achievements and scientific accomplishments from the IMP program are described.
Interplanetary monitoring platform engineering history and achievements
1980-05-01
Report
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English
AFTER VOYAGER WHAT NEXT ? The achievements and future of interplanetary exploration
Online Contents | 1993
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