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TRACERS Mission

Kumari Sonali

TRACERS Mission:

NASA’s twin TRACERS satellite was launched to study magnetic reconnection and how solar activity affects near-Earth atmosphere.

  • The Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites (TRACERS) will help understand magnetic reconnection and its effects in Earth’s atmosphere.
  • It will fly in low Earth orbit through the polar cusps, funnel-shaped holes in the magnetic field, to study magnetic reconnection and its effects in Earth’s atmosphere.
  • This twin satellite system is set to study the constant stream of solar wind and charged particles flowing from the Sun, which interacts with Earth’s magnetic shield, also known as the magnetosphere.
  • The data gathered from TRACERS will help scientists improve space weather forecasting and better protect critical technology here on Earth.

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