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36.320 US KANKELBORG/MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY
EUV Snapshot Imaging Spectrograph (ESIS)
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36.320 US Terrier-Black Brant was launched from White Sands Missile Range, NM on September 30, 2019. Every few seconds, a small (approximately Earth sized) explosion occurs somewhere on the solar disk. These transition region explosive events are an example of magnetic reconnection, the same mechanism that is responsible for the much larger release of energy in solar flares. The purpose of the EUV Snapshot Imaging Spectrograph (ESIS) mission was to observe these events in enough detail to characterize the triggering of and release of magnetic energy.
The Principal Investigator is Dr. Charles Kankelborg/Montana State University.
For more information on this mission, visit: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2019/rocket-team-are-solar-eruptions-messy-or-neat
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 ESIS mission was launched from White Sands Missile Range, NM on September 30, 2019.