Charge Composition Explorer

Also known as CCE, AMPTE-CCE, Explorer 65, AMPTE 1, AMPTE-Charge Composition Explorer

AMPTE-Charge Composition Explorer, also called as AMPTE-CCE or Explorer 65, was a NASA satellite designed and tasked to study the magnetosphere of Earth, being launched as part of the Explorer program. The AMPTE (Active Magnetospheric Particle Tracer Explorers) mission was designed to study the access of solar wind ions to the magnetosphere, the convective-diffusive transport and energization of magnetospheric particles, and the interactions of plasmas in space.

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JHU/APL AMPTE/CCE SDC Home Page

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Official website: sd-www.jhuapl.edu/AMPTE
Image: CCE AMPTE-1.jpg

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UTC date of spacecraft launch: 1984-08-16
dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 1989-07-12
Commons category: Explorer 65 (AMPTE-CCE)

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Contents

Mission
Spacecraft
Launch
Instruments
Experiments
CCE Magnetometer (MAG)
Charge-Energy-Mass Spectrometer (CHEM)
Hot Plasma Composition Experiment (HPCE)
Medium Energy Particle Analyzer (MEPA)
Plasma Wave Experiment (PWE)
End of mission
See also
References
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== Mission == The AMPTE-CCE is one of the three components of the international space mission AMPTE, which also included AMPTE-IRM (Ion Release Module), designed by Germany, and AMPTE-UKS (United Kingdom Subsatellite), provided by the United Kingdom.