ESRO-1A (Aurorae)
21 Sep 2009
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ESRO-1A (also known as Aurorae) was launched by the European Space Research Organisation (one of the forerunners of ESA) to study the effects on the polar ionosphere of high-energy charged particles from the sun.

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​​ESRO-1​ testing

Credit: ESA

RAL Space Involvement 
Two instruments, S71A and S71E, to measure electron and proton intensities and spectra

Subject 
Solar Terrestrial Physics

Main Objectives 
To investigate the effects of high-energy charged particles on the polar ionosphere.

Launch Date 
3 October 1968

Partners
SRC, ESA, NASA, ElektronikCentralen, Kiruna Geophysical Institute, University of Birmingham, Norwegian Institute of Cosmic Physics, Universitetet I Bergen​

Further information
ESA

NASA


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