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36.322 GS DAW NASA/GSFC
Extreme Ultraviolet Normal-Incidence Spectrograph (EUNIS)
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The EUNIS mission observed high temperature lines to detect super-heated (~10MK) plasma thought to drive energization and eruptive events of solar atmosphere & space weather. A new channel provided first imaging spectroscopy of the Sun in 92-113 Å soft X-ray wavelength region.
For more information on this mission visit: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2021/nasa-rocket-chasing-the-source-of-the-sun-s-hot-atmosphere
The Principal Investigator is Dr. Daw, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
The Black Brant 9 is a two stage sounding rocket with a Terrier first stage and Black Brant second stage. The Black Brant 9 can reach altitudes of about 600 km. Payloads weighing from 400 to 1200 pounds can be flown.
The EUNIS mission was launched from White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico on May 18, 2021.
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