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AMPTE/UKS satellite  

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  • AMPTE-UKS, also called as AMPTE-United Kingdom Subsatellite, was a United Kingdom 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. (Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMPTE-UKS)

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  • AMPTE/UKS spacecraft

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/MDL-ZMSDLK37-6

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