ULYSSES

Space Agency:

Orbit:

State of spacecraft:

ESA, NASA

Heliocentric Orbit

Jun 30, 2009 loss of contact with spacecraft

Purpose:

Result:

To investigate for the first time as a function of heliographic latitude the properties of the solar wind, the structure of the Sun/wind interface, the heliospheric magnetic field.

Principal findings showed there is a weakening of the solar wind over time.

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