NASA launched the five THEMIS satellites aboard a single Delta II rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on 2/17/07. The THEMIS satellites will soon disperse around Earth to monitor auroras like the Northern Lights. NASA is undertaking the mission to investigate what causes auroras in the Earth’s atmosphere to change in appearance and dissipate. Discovering why the light of auroras can fluctuate and fade will provide scientists with important details on how the planet’s protective magnetosphere works and on the sun-Earth connection.
Amptek is proud to be part of the THEMIS team, and honored to supply hybrid preamplifiers to the mission.
THEMIS missions home page.