ISEE 3 Solar Wind Observatory Launch
Helps establish ISEE 3 as the first spacecraft placed near the Sun-Earth L1 region, where it can sample the solar wind before that plasma reaches Earth's magnetosphere.
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Robert Farquhar Biography and Timeline
Follow Robert Farquhar through 2 dated historical records for United States of America.
Robert Farquhar, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1978
ISEE 3 L1 Solar Wind Monitoring
Uses the ISEE 3 mission architecture at the Sun-Earth L1 region to provide upstream measurements of solar-wind plasma and interplanetary magnetic conditions.
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