Herschel Sounding Rocket
29 Jun 2010
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The Herschel Sounding Rocket investigated the origin of solar wind, helium abundance, CMEs, kinematics and more.

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EIT and UVCI instruments layout inside the HERSCHEL sounding-rocket payload.

​​Instruments aboard the HERSCHEL Sounding Rocket

Credit: H. S. Byhring

RAL Space Involvement
Camera system

Subject
Solar Terrestrial Physics

Main Objectives
Designed to investigate helium coronal abundance and solar wind acceleation from a range of solar source structures.

Launch Date
14/09/2009

Partners
NASA

Further Information
NASA

 

For more information please contact: RAL Space Enquiries

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