RBSP B

Radiation Belt Storm Probes

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General

Designation	38753 / 12046B
Launch date	30 Aug 2012
Country of origin	United States
Mission	Scientific
Perigee/Apogee	600 / 32000 km
Inclination	0°
Period
Launch vehicle	Atlas 5 #32

NASA satellite (identical pair) to study the Earth's radiation belt.

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End of life

Out of service	Jul 2019
Cause	Ran out ot fuel, was shutdown
Decay

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Technical data

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Specifications

Prime contractor
Platform
Mass at launch	670 kg
Dry mass	640 kg
Dimension	8 sided, 1.8 m accross x 0.9 m H
Solar array	4 wings
Stabilization
DC power
Design lifetime

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Instruments

Radiation Belt Storm Probes Ion Composition Experiment (RBSPICE)
Relativistic Proton Spectrometer (RPS)
Electric Field and Waves Suite (EFW)
Electric and Magnetic Field Instrument Suite and Integrated Science (EMFISIS)
Energetic Particle, Composition, and Thermal Plasma Suite (ECT)

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