ULYSSES Scientific Payload
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ULYSSES

Scientific Payload

A summary of the nine flight experiments which make up the spacecraft payload is presented in the following table.

Magnetic Field (HED)

>Solar Wind (BAM/SWOOPS)

>Solar-Wind Ion Composition (GLG/SWICS)

>Low-Energy Ions and Electrons (LAN/HI-SCALE)

>Energetic Particle Composition and Interstellar Gas (KEP/EPAC and GAS)

Cosmic Rays and Solar Particles (SIM/COSPIN)

>Unified Radio and Plasma Waves (STO/URAP)

Solar X-rays and Cosmic Gamma-Ray Bursts (HUS/GRB)

Cosmic Dust (GRU)

These instruments provided most outstanding data from which far reaching conclusions on the nature of the high latitude Heliosphere have been drawn. Besides these instruments, radio-science investigations will be conducted on ULYSSES which, at specific times during the mission, made use of the spacecraft and ground communications systems to perform scientific measurements.




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