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![]() Wind is the first of NASA's Global Geospace Science program | |||||||||||||||||||
Names | GGS/Wind, ISTP/Wind, Interplanetary Physics Laboratory | ||||||||||||||||||
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Mission type | Heliophysics | ||||||||||||||||||
Operator | NASA | ||||||||||||||||||
COSPAR ID | 1994-071A | ||||||||||||||||||
SATCAT no. | 23333 | ||||||||||||||||||
Website | http://wind.nasa.gov/ | ||||||||||||||||||
Mission duration | Minimum: 3 years Elapsed: 29 years, 8 months, 15 days | ||||||||||||||||||
Spacecraft properties | |||||||||||||||||||
Manufacturer | Martin Marietta | ||||||||||||||||||
Launch mass | 1,250 kg (2,760 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
Dry mass | 950 kg (2,090 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
Payload mass | 195 kg (430 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions | 2.4 × 1.8 m (7.9 × 5.9 ft)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
Power | 370 watts[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
Start of mission | |||||||||||||||||||
Launch date | November 1, 1994, 09:31 (1994-11-01UTC09:31) UTC | ||||||||||||||||||
Rocket | Delta II 7925-10 D227[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
Launch site | Cape Canaveral SLC-17 | ||||||||||||||||||
Orbital parameters | |||||||||||||||||||
Reference system | Heliocentric | ||||||||||||||||||
Regime | L1 Lagrangian point | ||||||||||||||||||
Semi-major axis | ~100 R🜨 | ||||||||||||||||||
Sun orbiter | |||||||||||||||||||
Orbital insertion | May 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The Global Geospace Science (GGS) Wind is a NASA heliophysics satellite intended to study the radio waves and plasma that occur in the solar wind and in Earth's magnetosphere. It was launched on November 1, 1994, at 09:31 UTC from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 17-B aboard a McDonnell Douglas Delta II 7925-10 rocket. Wind was designed and manufactured by Martin Marietta Astro Space Division in East Windsor, New Jersey. The satellite is a spin-stabilized cylindrical satellite with a diameter of 2.4 m and a height of 1.8 m.[2]
The spacecraft's original mission was to orbit the Sun at the L1 Lagrangian point, but it was temporarily re-purposed to study the magnetosphere and near-lunar environment after the SOHO and ACE spacecraft were also scheduled to be deployed to that Lagrangian point. Wind was eventually deployed to L1 and has been on station continuously since May 2004. As of October 2018[update],
, and is still operating as of October 2018[update].[11] Wind currently has enough fuel to last over 50 years at L1. Wind continues to collect data and as of March 10, 2018 (not including 2018 publications) has contributed data to over 4610 refereed scientific publications.[11]
Mission operations are conducted from the Multi-Mission Operations Center (MMOC) in Building 14 at Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.
Wind data can be accessed using the SPEDAS software.
Wind is the sister ship to GGS Polar.