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Ulysses Mission: Instrumentation - Windows to the Universe
Ulysses Instrumentation Page
Image courtesy of NASA/JPL
Instrument
Acronym
Investigation
Principal Investigator
Vector Helium Magnetometer & Fluxgate Magnometer
VHM/FGM
Magnetic field
A. Balogh, Imperial College, England
Solar Wind Observations Over the Poles of the Sun (Solar Wind Plasma Experiment)
SWOOPS
Solar wind plasma
Dave McComas, Southwest Research Institute, USA
Solar Wind Ion Composition Spectrometer
SWICS
Solar wind ion composition
J. Geiss, University of Bern, Switzerland, and G. Gloeckler, University of Marlyand, USA
Unified Radio and Plasma Wave Instrument
URAP
Radio and plasma waves
Dr. Robert McDowall, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
Energetic Particle and Interstellar Gas Instrument
EPAC/GAS
Energetic paritcles and interstellar neutral gas
E.Keppler, MPAe, Lindau, Germany
Heliospheric Instrument for Spectra, Composition, and Anisotropy at Low Energies
HISCALE
Low-energy ions and electrons
L.J. Lanzerotti, Lucent Technology, USA
Cosmic Ray and Solar Particle Instrument
COSPIN
Cosmic rays and solar particles
R.B.McKibben, University of Chicago, USA
Gamma Ray Burst Instrument
GRB
Solar x-rays and cosmic gamma-ray bursts
K. Hurley, UC Berkely, USA and M. Sommer, MPE, Germany
Cosmic Dust Experiment
DUST
Cosmic dust
E. Grun, MPK, Germany
Coronal Sounding Experiment
SCE
Coronal sounding
M.K. Bird, University of Bonn, Germany
Gravitational Waves Experiment
GWE
Gravitational waves
B.Bertotti, University of Pavia, Italy
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