National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
Solar Maximum Mission (SMM) – coronagraph/polarimeter (C/P)
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Re-entry occurred on 2 December 1989 over the Indian Ocean.
- Category
- Physical Infrastructure
- Affiliations
- NCAR
Description
HAO's white-light coronagraph/polarimeter on NASA's Solar Maximum Mission (launched 1980) for studying the corona's relationship to solar flares; repaired in orbit by Shuttle mission STS-41C in 1984, it produced ~240,000 coronal images before re-entry in 1989.
Official page
https://www2.hao.ucar.edu/mlso/solar-maximum-mission
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Details
- Keywords
- solar flares, coronagraph/polarimeter, in-orbit repair, sts-41c, solar magnetic fields, coronal images
- Location
- Re-entered 2 December 1989
- Measurement band
- White light
- Instrument platform
- SMM spacecraft
- Associated entity
- High Altitude Observatory
- Deployment platform
- satellite; spacecraft