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    Helium, Oxygen, Proton, and Electron (HOPE) Mass Spectrometer for the Radiation Belt Storm Probes Mission

    The HOPE mass spectrometer of the Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) mission (renamed the Van Allen Probes) is designed to measure the in situ plasma ion and electron fluxes over 4π sr at each RBSP spacecraft wit...

    H. O. Funsten, R. M. Skoug, A. A. Guthrie, E. A. MacDonald in The Van Allen Probes Mission (2014)

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    Science Goals and Overview of the Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) Energetic Particle, Composition, and Thermal Plasma (ECT) Suite on NASA’s Van Allen Probes Mission

    The Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP)-Energetic Particle, Composition, and Thermal Plasma (ECT) suite contains an innovative complement of particle instruments to ensure the highest quality measurements ever ...

    H. E. Spence, G. D. Reeves, D. N. Baker, J. B. Blake in The Van Allen Probes Mission (2014)

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    The IBEX Background Monitor

    The IBEX Background Monitor (IBaM) provides a small and lightweight method for independently measuring IBEX’s high-energy proton background by integrating the flux of >∼14 keV protons over a ∼7° conical FOV. T...

    F. Allegrini, G. B. Crew, D. Demkee, H. O. Funsten in Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) (2010)

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    IBEX—Interstellar Boundary Explorer

    The Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) is a small explorer mission that launched on 19 October 2008 with the sole, focused science objective to discover the global interaction between the solar wind and the in...

    D. J. McComas, F. Allegrini, P. Bochsler in Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) (2010)

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    The Interstellar Boundary Explorer High Energy (IBEX-Hi) Neutral Atom Imager

    The IBEX-Hi Neutral Atom Imager of the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) mission is designed to measure energetic neutral atoms (ENAs) originating from the interaction region between the heliosphere and th...

    H. O. Funsten, F. Allegrini, P. Bochsler, G. Dunn in Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) (2010)

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    The IBEX-Lo Sensor

    The IBEX-Lo sensor covers the low-energy heliospheric neutral atom spectrum from 0.01 to 2 keV. It shares significant energy overlap and an overall design philosophy with the IBEX-Hi sensor. Both sensors are l...

    S. A. Fuselier, P. Bochsler, D. Chornay, G. Clark in Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) (2010)

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    IBEX Backgrounds and Signal-to-Noise Ratio

    The Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) mission will provide maps of energetic neutral atoms (ENAs) originating from the boundary region of our heliosphere. On IBEX there are two sensors, IBEX-Lo and IBEX-Hi...

    P. Wurz, S. A. Fuselier, E. Möbius, H. O. Funsten in Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) (2010)

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    Medium Energy Neutral Atom (MENA) Imager for the Image Mission

    The Medium Energy Neutral Atom (MENA) imager was developed in response to the Imaging from the Magnetopause to the Aurora for Global Exploration (IMAGE) requirement to produce images of energetic neutral atoms...

    C. J. Pollock, K. Asamura, J. Baldonado, M. Balkey, P. Barker in The Image Mission (2000)