Fast Auroral Snapshot Explorer

Fast Auroral Snapshot Explorer

The Fast Auroral Snapshot Explorer (FAST) was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base on board a Pegasus XL rocket on August 21, 1996. One in the series of NASA's Small Explorer (SMEX) spacecraft, FAST was designed to observe and measure the plasma physics of the auroral phenomena which occur around both poles of the Earth. It is operated by the University of California, Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory.

See also

*Auroral kilometric radiation (AKR)

Sources

* http://sunland.gsfc.nasa.gov/smex/fast/mission/
* http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1996-049A NSSDC 1996-049A
* http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/F/FAST.html


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