University of Maryland Space Physics Group
Instrument History
Mission Trajectory Launch Date Instrument Description

IMP 7&8

Geocentric

September 23, 1972
October 26, 1973

EECA (Electrostatic Energy-Charge Analyzer)

E/q analyzer and solid state detectors

Voyager 1&2

Deep Space

September 5, 1977
August 20, 1977

LECP (Low Energy Charged Particle)

Solid state detectors
dE/dx by E telescope

ISEE 1&3 - ICE

Geocentric / Lagrangian-Heliocentric

October 22, 1977
August 12, 1978

ULECA (Ultra-low Energy Charge Analyzer)

Solid state detectors with E/Q analyzer

AMPTE/CCE

Geocentric

August 16, 1984

CHEM (Charge-Energy-Mass Spectrometer)

TOF telescope with E/q analyzer and solid state detector

GAS/STS-28
Space Shuttle

Low Earth Orbit

1989

LAT (Large Area Telescope)

Solar energetic particles > 0.5 MeV/nucleon detection with position sensing

Ulysses

Heliocentric

October 6, 1990

SWICS (Solar Wind Ion Composition Spectrometer)

TOF telescope with E/q analyzer and solid state detector. Uses post-acceleration.

SAMPEX

Low Geocentric - Nearly Polar

July 3, 1992

LICA (Low-energy Ion Composition Analyzer)

Solar energetic particles > 0.5 MeV/nucleon detection with position sensing

Geotail

Geocentric

July 24, 1992

STICS (Super Thermal Ion Composition Spectrometer)

TOF Telescope with E/q analyzer and solid state detector

WIND

Lagrangian/Geocentric

November 1, 1994

MASS

Energy independent mass spectrometer with E/q analyzer and post acceleration

STICS (Super Thermal Ion Composition Spectrometer)

TOF telescope with E/q analyzer and solid state detector

STEP (Super Thermal Energetic Particles)

TOF/Solid state detectors

SWICS (Solar Wind Ion Composition Spectrometer)

TOF telescope with E/q analyzer and solid state detector. Uses post-acceleration

SOHO

Lagrangian

December 2, 1995

MTOF (Mass-Time of Flight)

Energy independent mass spectrometer with E/q analyzer and post acceleration

ACE

Lagrangian

August 25, 1997

ULEIS (Ultra Low Energy Isotope Spectrometer)

TOF/Solid State Detectors

SWICS (Solar Wind Isotope Composition Spectrometer)

TOF telescope with E/q analyzer and solid state detector. Uses post-acceleration.

SWIMS (Solar Wind Isotope Mass Spectrometer)

Energy independent mass spectrometer with E/q analyzer and post acceleration

Cassini

Saturn Orbit

October 15, 1997

CHEMS (Charge-Energy-Mass Spectrometer)

TOF telescope with E/q analyzer and solid state detector

IMAGE

Geocentric

March 25, 2000

HENA (High Energy Neutral Atoms)

TOF with microchannel plate detectors, 10-500 keV

LENA (Low Energy Neutral Atoms)

TOF with dispersive energy analysis, 10-500 eV

STEREO

Lagrangian

Oct. 25, 2006

SIT (Suprathermal Ion Telescope)

TOF/Solid state detectors


This page last updated January 18, 2005 by Roberto Livi

Original table by Jeff Miller with assistance from Dr. Fred Ipavich and Dr. John Paquette.
A pdf image of the table is available here.