Mission Details
- Sun-synchronous, polar orbit: continuous observations 8 months/year
- Expected launch date: NET April 29, 2013
- Data rate 0.7 Mbits/s: 3-60 more than previous imaging spectrographs
- Coordinated observations with Hinode, SDO, STEREO & ground-based
observatories for photospheric magnetograms and coronal imaging
Collaborating Institutions:
- Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory (LMSAL) — PI: Alan Title
- Lockheed Martin Sensing and Exploration Systems (LMS&ES) — Spacecraft
- NASA Ames Research Center (ARC) — Mission Operations
- Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) — Telescope
- Montana State University (MSU) — Spectrograph
- Stanford University (LSJU) — Data Handling
- University of Oslo, Norway (UiO) — Numerical Modeling, Data
