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Current and Future Satellite Missions

Mission

Agency

Target

Launch

Experiment

Function

Cassini/Huygens

NASA/ESA

Saturn, Titan

1997

Aerosol analyzer (ACP)
Mass spectrometer (GCMS)
Lightning detector (HASI)
Radio and plasma waves (RPWS)

Co-I
Co-I
Co-I
Co-I

Cluster

ESA

Earth's magnetosphere

2000

Potential control (ASPOC)
Ion spectrometer (CIS)
Electron beam experiment (EDI)
Magnetometer (FGM)
Electron spectrometer (PEACE)

PI/Lead Co-I
Co-I
Co-I
Co-I

Rosetta

ESA

Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko

2004

Atomic force microscope (MIDAS)
Dust mass spectrometer (COSIMA)
Penetrator (MUPUS)
Magnetometer (ROMAP)
Magnetometer (RPC-MAG)

PI/Lead Co-I
Co-I
Co-I
Co-I

Venus Express

ESA

Venus

2005

Magnetometer (MAG)
Plasma analyzer (ASPERA-4)

PI/Lead Co-I

COROT

France

Astronomy

2006

2D Photometer

Co-I

STEREO

NASA

Sun

2006

Radio and plasma waves (SWAVES)

Co-I

THEMIS

NASA

Earth's magnetosphere

2007

Magnetometer (FGM)

Co-I

GOCE

ESA

Earth's gravity field

2009

Data analysis software

Co-I

Juno

NASA

Jupiter

2011

Radio and plasma waves (WAVES)

Co-I

RBSP

NASA

Earth's magnetosphere

2012

Field measurements (EMFISIS)

Co-I

MMS

NASA

Earth's magnetosphere

2014

Potential control (ASPOC)
Electron beam experiment (EDI)
Magnetometer (FGM)

PI/Lead
Co-I
Co-I

BepiColombo

ESA/Japan

Mercury

2015

Magnetometer (MERMAG-M)
Mass spectrometer (SERENA)

Magnetometer (MERMAG-P)

PI/Lead Co-PI
Co-I

ElectroMagnetic Satellite

China

Earth's ionosphere

2015

Magnetometer

PI/Lead

Resonance

Russia

Earth's magnetosphere

2015

Radio and plasma waves

Co-I

Solar Orbiter

ESA

Sun

2017

Magnetometer (MAG)
Radio and Plasma Wave Analyzer (RPW)

Co-I
Co-I

CNES: Centre National d'Études Spatiales, Frankreich
CNSA: Chinese National Space Agency
ESA: European Space Agency
IKI: Space Research Institute, Russland
JAXA: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
NASA: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, USA

Last update: 02/06/12
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