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Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Epsilon | ERG (ARASE)
Epsilon
Dec 20, 11:00 AM UTC
Dec 20, 11:00 AM UTC
Mission Elapsed Time
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Mission Details
The ERG  (Exploration of energization and Radiation in Geospace) project is a mission to study the Van Allen belts. The task is to elucidate how highly charged electrons are born while they generate and vanish repeatedly along with space storms caused by the disturbance of solar wind, influenced by space storms, and how space storms are developed.
- Type
- Earth Science
- Orbit
- Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical)
Launch Site
- Pad
- Mu Center
- Location
- Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
- Country
- 🇯🇵 JPN