STEREO lifted off at 8:52 pm EDT from Cape Canveral Air Force Station, FL. The twin spacecraft will investigate the origins of special solar storms erupting from the sun. Amptek is proud to be part of this mission by supplying hybrid premplifiers and electronics.
STEREO (Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory) is the third mission in NASA’s Solar Terrestrial Probes program (STP). This two-year mission will employ two nearly identical space-based observatories – one ahead of Earth in its orbit, the other trailing behind – to provide the first-ever stereoscopic measurements to study the Sun and the nature of its coronal mass ejections, or CMEs.
Congratulations to the STEREO Team! Click here for the STEREO homepage.