OSCAR

Comprehensive Solar Wind Laboratory for Long-Term Solar Wind Measurements

• Single satellite programme, for solar-terrestrial interaction studies.
• Programme developed and operated by NASA.
• The platform is spin-stabilised, with spin axis normal to the ecliptic plane.
• The design life time of the satellite is 3 years.
• The satellite is placed on the L1 Lagrange libration point (1,500,000 km from the Earth surface in the Sun direction).
• See detailed description at http://wind.nasa.gov.

• Real-time data downlinked to a network of stations coordinated by NASA/GSFC.
• Data service provided by NASA/GSFC.