The primary mission of the Ulysses spacecraft was to characterize the heliosphere as a function of solar latitude. The heliosphere is the vast region of interplanetary space occupied by the sun's atmosphere and dominated by the outflow of the solar wind. The periods of primary scientific interest is when Ulysses was at or higher than 70 degrees latitude at both the sun's south and north poles. Additional Ulysses objectives include the study of the Jovian magnetosphere during the Jupiter flyby, the detection of cosmic g-ray bursts and triangulation on burst locations with other detectors, and the search for gravitational waves. Ulysses launched on October 6, 1990 and in June 1994 it began a four-month observation from high latitudes of the complex forces at work in the sun's outer atmosphere-the corona.
Organization
Launch Date
September 1990
Class
Flight Project
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The primary mission of the Ulysses spacecraft was to characterize the heliosphere as a function of solar latitude. The heliosphere is the vast region of interplanetary space occupied by the sun's atmosphere and dominated by the outflow of the solar wind. The periods of primary scientific interest is when Ulysses was at or higher than 70 degrees latitude at both the sun's south and north poles. Additional Ulysses objectives include the study of the Jovian magnetosphere during the Jupiter flyby, the detection of cosmic g-ray bursts and triangulation on burst locations with other detectors, and the search for gravitational waves. Ulysses launched on October 6, 1990 and in June 1994 it began a four-month observation from high latitudes of the complex forces at work in the sun's outer atmosphere-the corona.
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2023.
"Theory and Transport of Nearly Incompressible Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence: High Plasma Beta Regime.",
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"Decadal and Annual Variations in Meteoric Flux From Ulysses, Wind, and SOFIE Observations.",
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