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Fast Auroral SnapshoT Explorer (FAST) Data Archive

Entry ID: FAST

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Summary

Abstract: The Fast Auroral SnapshoT (FAST), the second mission in NASA's Small Explorer
Satellite Program (SMEX), is a satellite designed to study Earth's aurora. This
highly successful spacecraft has helped scientists answer fundamental questions
about the causes and makeup of the aurora. FAST was launched on August 21, 1996
from a Pegasus rocket into a highly elliptical orbit. It crosses Earth's
auroral ...

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Description: Access to FAST data

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: FAST Team

Dataset Title: FAST Data Archive

Dataset Release Place: Berkeley, CA

Dataset Publisher: University of California-Berkeley, Space Sciences Lab

Online Resource: http://sprg.ssl.berkeley.edu/fast/

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1996-08-21

Location Keywords

VERTICAL LOCATION > IONOSPHERE

VERTICAL LOCATION > THERMOSPHERE

Science Keywords

SUN-EARTH INTERACTIONS > SOLAR ENERGETIC PARTICLE FLUX > ALPHA PARTICLE FLUX

SUN-EARTH INTERACTIONS > IONOSPHERE/MAGNETOSPHERE DYNAMICS > AURORAE

ISO Topic Category

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

Platform

FAST > Fast Auroral Snapshot Explorer

Instrument

FLUXGATE MAGNETOMETERS

ELECTROSTATIC ANALYZERS

TEAMS > Time of Flight Energy Angle Mass Spectrometer

Ancillary Keywords

FAST

aurora

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Originating Center

UC-Berkeley

Data Center

Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley

Data Center URL: http://www.ssl.berkeley.edu/

Data Center Personnel
Name: CHARLES W. CARLSON Phone: 510-642-1478 Email: cwc at ssl.berkeley.edu Contact Address: University of California-Berkeley Space Science Lab 7 Gauss Way City: Berkeley Province or State: CA Postal Code: 94720-7450 Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution Media: online www

Fees: none

Publications/References

For a complete list of FAST publications, see:
http://sprg.ssl.berkeley.edu/fast/scienceprod/papers/pub.html

Also see FAST science nuggets:
http://sprg.ssl.berkeley.edu/fast/scienceprod/nuggets/nuggets.html

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2004-12-14

Last DIF Revision Date: 2005-10-31

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