Dynamics Explorer-2 (DE 2) spacecraft
This directory gathers data for the DE 2 spacecraft which was launched on 3 August 1981
into an elliptical orbit with an altitude range of 300 km to 1000 km and re-entered the
atmosphere on 19 February 1983.
Subdirectories:
combined_plasma_neutrals_ua/ combined 15-s data from NACS, LANG, WATS, RPA, IDM, FPI
electric_fields_vefi/ data from the vector electric field instrument (VEFI)
magnetic_electric_fields_vefi_magb/ combined data from VEFI and MAGB
magnetic_fields_magb/ data from the magnetometer (MAG-B)
neutral_gas_nacs/ data from the neutral atmosphere composition spectrometer (NACS)
neutral_gas_wats/ data from the wind and temperature spectrometer (WATS)
particles_lapi/ data from the low altitude plasma instrument (LAPI)
plasma_idm/ data from the ion drift meter (IDM)
plasma_lang/ data from the Langmuir probe instrument (LANG)
plasma_rpa/ data from the retarding potential analyzer (RPA)
Additional related information:
Some data and plots are also available through other SPDF data systems:
16-sec UA data and 0.5-sec magnetic and electric field data at
Orbit data and plots at
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Please acknowledge the NASA Space Physics Data Facility and the
instrument's Principal Investigator for data usage.
Keywords: Sun-Earth Connections, space physics, magnetosphere, ionosphere
Data contact: Dieter.Bilitza-1@nasa.gov>
NASA Official: Dr. Robert McGuire