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The Global Geospace Science (GGS) WIND satellite
Satellite

In the context of spaceflight, a satellite is an Physical body which has been placed into orbit by human endeavor. Such objects are sometimes called artificial satellites to distinguish them from natural satellites such as the Moon....
 is a NASA
NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an agency of the Federal government of the United States, responsible for the nation's public list of space agencies....
 science spacecraft
Spacecraft

A spacecraft is a Craft or machine designed for spaceflight. On a sub-orbital spaceflight, a spacecraft enters outer space then returns to the Earth....
 launched at 04:31:00 EST on November 1, 1994 from launch pad 17B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station

The Cape Canaveral Air Force Station is a detachment of the 45th Space Wing , at nearby Patrick Air Force Base; located on Cape Canaveral in the State of Florida, CCAFS is the primary Launch Head of the Eastern Range....
 (CCAFS) in Merritt Island, Florida
Florida

Florida is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the northeast....
 aboard a McDonnell Douglas
McDonnell Douglas

McDonnell Douglas was a major American aerospace manufacturer and defense contractor, producing a number of famous commercial and military aircraft....
 Delta II
Delta II

Delta II is a space launch system originally designed and built by McDonnell Douglas. Delta II is part of the Delta rocket family and has been in service since 1989....
 7925-10 rocket. WIND was designed and manufactured by Martin Marietta
Martin Marietta

Martin Marietta Corporation was founded in 1961 through the merger of Glenn L. Martin Company and American-Marietta Corporation. The combined company became a leader in Construction aggregates, cement, Chemical industry, aerospace, and electronics....
 Astro Space Division in East Windsor
East Windsor Township, New Jersey

East Windsor Township is a Township in Mercer County, New Jersey, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township population was 24,919, which had grown to an estimated 26,686 as of 2007....
, New Jersey
New Jersey

New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north by New York, on the east by the Hudson River and the Atlantic Ocean, on the southwest by Delaware, and on the west by Pennsylvania....
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It was deployed to study radio and plasma that occur in the solar wind
Solar wind

The solar wind is a Electric current—a Plasma —ejected from the stellar atmosphere of the sun. It consists mostly of electrons and protons with energies of about 1 electron volt....
 and in the Earth's magnetosphere
Magnetosphere

A magnetosphere is a highly magnetized region around and possessed by an astronomical object. Earth is surrounded by a magnetosphere, as are the magnetized planets Mercury , Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune....
. The spacecraft's original mission was to orbit the Sun
Sun

The Sun , a G V star, is the star at the center of the Solar System. The Earth and other matter orbit the Sun, which by itself accounts for about 98.6% of the Solar System's mass....
 at the L1 Lagrangian point, but this was delayed when the SOHO
Solar and Heliospheric Observatory

The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory is a spacecraft that was launched on a Lockheed Martin Atlas II launch vehicle on December 2, 1995 to study the Sun, and began normal operations in May 1996....
 and ACE
Advanced Composition Explorer

Advanced Composition Explorer is a space exploration mission being conducted as part of the Explorer program to study matter in situ, comprising energetic particles from the solar wind, the interplanetary medium, and other sources....
 spacecraft were sent to the same location.






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The Global Geospace Science (GGS) WIND satellite
Satellite

In the context of spaceflight, a satellite is an Physical body which has been placed into orbit by human endeavor. Such objects are sometimes called artificial satellites to distinguish them from natural satellites such as the Moon....
 is a NASA
NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an agency of the Federal government of the United States, responsible for the nation's public list of space agencies....
 science spacecraft
Spacecraft

A spacecraft is a Craft or machine designed for spaceflight. On a sub-orbital spaceflight, a spacecraft enters outer space then returns to the Earth....
 launched at 04:31:00 EST on November 1, 1994 from launch pad 17B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station

The Cape Canaveral Air Force Station is a detachment of the 45th Space Wing , at nearby Patrick Air Force Base; located on Cape Canaveral in the State of Florida, CCAFS is the primary Launch Head of the Eastern Range....
 (CCAFS) in Merritt Island, Florida
Florida

Florida is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the northeast....
 aboard a McDonnell Douglas
McDonnell Douglas

McDonnell Douglas was a major American aerospace manufacturer and defense contractor, producing a number of famous commercial and military aircraft....
 Delta II
Delta II

Delta II is a space launch system originally designed and built by McDonnell Douglas. Delta II is part of the Delta rocket family and has been in service since 1989....
 7925-10 rocket. WIND was designed and manufactured by Martin Marietta
Martin Marietta

Martin Marietta Corporation was founded in 1961 through the merger of Glenn L. Martin Company and American-Marietta Corporation. The combined company became a leader in Construction aggregates, cement, Chemical industry, aerospace, and electronics....
 Astro Space Division in East Windsor
East Windsor Township, New Jersey

East Windsor Township is a Township in Mercer County, New Jersey, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township population was 24,919, which had grown to an estimated 26,686 as of 2007....
, New Jersey
New Jersey

New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north by New York, on the east by the Hudson River and the Atlantic Ocean, on the southwest by Delaware, and on the west by Pennsylvania....
.

It was deployed to study radio and plasma that occur in the solar wind
Solar wind

The solar wind is a Electric current—a Plasma —ejected from the stellar atmosphere of the sun. It consists mostly of electrons and protons with energies of about 1 electron volt....
 and in the Earth's magnetosphere
Magnetosphere

A magnetosphere is a highly magnetized region around and possessed by an astronomical object. Earth is surrounded by a magnetosphere, as are the magnetized planets Mercury , Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune....
. The spacecraft's original mission was to orbit the Sun
Sun

The Sun , a G V star, is the star at the center of the Solar System. The Earth and other matter orbit the Sun, which by itself accounts for about 98.6% of the Solar System's mass....
 at the L1 Lagrangian point, but this was delayed when the SOHO
Solar and Heliospheric Observatory

The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory is a spacecraft that was launched on a Lockheed Martin Atlas II launch vehicle on December 2, 1995 to study the Sun, and began normal operations in May 1996....
 and ACE
Advanced Composition Explorer

Advanced Composition Explorer is a space exploration mission being conducted as part of the Explorer program to study matter in situ, comprising energetic particles from the solar wind, the interplanetary medium, and other sources....
 spacecraft were sent to the same location. WIND has been at L1 continuously since 2004, and is still operating as of April 2008.

Mission Operations are conducted from the WIND/POLAR Mission Operations Room (MOR) in Building 3 at Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.

WIND is the sister ship to GGS Polar
Polar (satellite)

The Global Geospace Science Polar Satellite was a NASA science spacecraft launched at 06:23:59.997 EST on February 24 1996 aboard a McDonnell Douglas Delta II 7925-10 rocket from launch pad 2W at Vandenberg Air Force Base in Lompoc, California, to observe the polar magnetosphere....
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The science objectives of the WIND mission

  • Provide complete plasma, energetic particle, and magnetic field input for magnetospheric and ionospheric studies.
  • Determine the magnetospheric output to interplanetary space in the up-stream region.
  • Investigate basic plasma processes occurring in the near-Earth solar wind.
  • Provide baseline ecliptic plane observations to be used in heliospheric latitudes from ULYSSES.


Other Names

  • GGS/Wind
  • ISTP/Wind
  • Wind/GGS
  • Wind/ISTP
  • Interplanetary Physics Laboratory (IPL)
  • NORAD Satellite Catalog Number
    Satellite Catalog Number

    The Satellite Catalog Number is a sequential 5-digit number assigned by USSPACECOM to all Earth orbiting satellites in order of identification....
    : 23333
  • NSSDC International Designator
    International Designator

    The International Designator, also known as COSPAR designation, and in the United States as NSSDC ID, is an international naming convention for satellites....
    : 1994-071A


See also

  • List of objects at Lagrangian points
    List of objects at Lagrangian points

    This is a list of known objects which occupy, have occupied, or are planned to occupy any of the five Lagrangian points of two-body systems in space....


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