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Appendix D: Heliophysics Science Division Missions
Pages 89-96

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... , Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) , Van Allen Probes, Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO)
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... In 2014 the Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics reported that 5 of its top 25 cited papers of the previous 5 years were based on AIM observations. Impact on the Current and Future Health of the Relevant Scientific Communities AIM supports the Laboratory for Atmospheric Space Physics Mission Operation Center infrastructure, including voice and data lines, command and control software, planning and scheduling software (including Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System [TDRSS]
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... As a new tool now through multiple extended missions, IBEX is also providing information on potential temporal variations in these far regions, and the success of this new technique has motivated the selection of the Interstellar Mapping Probe in the most recent Heliophysics Decadal Survey as the next strategic mission to implement. INTERFACE REGION IMAGING SPECTROGRAPH The Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS)
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... VAN ALLEN PROBES The Van Allen Probes are two spacecraft launched into Earth orbit in 2012. Their mission is to study the radiation belts that surround Earth.
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... This remarkable growth in productivity is attributed largely to the accessibility of the Van Allen Probes data to the international scientific community enabled by the Science Gateway;2 over 50 percent of Van Allen Probes publications were led by first authors not directly affiliated with the instrument teams. 1  Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Van Allen Probes Science Gateway, "Bibliography," http://rbspgway.jhuapl.edu/ biblio, accessed February 2017.
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... SOLAR TERRESTRIAL RELATIONS OBSERVATORY The Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) mission consists of two spacecraft launched into orbit around the Sun in 2006.
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... Its scientific productivity has not been fully realized. Impact on the Current and Future Health of the Relevant Scientific Communities MMS is the most ambitious space plasma physics mission ever, and employed a large fraction of the heliophysics research and engineering communities both within and outside GSFC.
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... The results are likely to lead to paradigm shifts across space plasma physics from Earth's magnetosphere to galactic, astrophysical scales. The MMS mission may be indicative of future heliophysics missions that will consist of multiple spacecraft flying in formation.
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