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ACE Solar Isotope Spectrometer (SIS)

Class:

Instrument

Status:

Operational

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Launch Date:

August 1997

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The Solar Isotope Spectrometer provides isotopically resolved measurements of the elements from lithium to zinc over the energy range 10 - 100 MeV/nucleon. The SIS dectector system consists of two identical telescopes composed of stacks of large-area solid-state detectors.

      ACE SIS Instrument image