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RBSP

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RBSP A Credit: Manufacturer Image

Status: Operational 2012. First Launch: 2012-08-30. Last Launch: 2012-08-30. Number: 2 .

The principal investigator for one experiment, the relativistic proton spectrometer, was at the National Reconnaissance Office.

Family: Earth. Country: USA. Launch Vehicles: Atlas V, Atlas V 401. Launch Sites: Cape Canaveral LC41. More at: 6819, 13010.

• RBSP A - . Mass: 648 kg (1,428 lb). Nation: USA. Class: Earth. Type: Magnetosphere satellite. Spacecraft Bus: RBSP. Spacecraft: RBSP. USAF Sat Cat: 38752 . COSPAR: 2012-046A. Apogee: 30,513 km (18,959 mi). Perigee: 596 km (370 mi). Inclination: 9.9000 deg. Period: 538.80 min.

  NASA's two Radiation Belt Storm Probes deployed a series of booms include electric field antennae spanning 100 meters. The instruments studied energetic particles, thermal plasma, ionospheric composition and electromagnetic fields and waves. The principal investigator for one experiment, the relativistic proton spectrometer, was at the National Reconnaissance Office.

• RBSP B - . Mass: 667 kg (1,470 lb). Nation: USA. Class: Earth. Type: Magnetosphere satellite. Spacecraft Bus: RBSP. Spacecraft: RBSP. USAF Sat Cat: 38753 . COSPAR: 2012-046B. Apogee: 30,662 km (19,052 mi). Perigee: 606 km (376 mi). Inclination: 9.9000 deg. Period: 541.70 min.