ISEE-3 and IMP-8 Satellite Earth Impact Parameters

Impact parameters (IP) data from the ISEE-3 and IMP-8 satellites, measuring the minimal distance by which a plasma element seen at one spacecraft misses being seen by another. The dataset is provided by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and was last updated in March 2026. File formats include BIN and HTML.

Use Cases

• Modeling plasma flow trajectories between spacecraft based on impact parameter measurements.
• Analyzing satellite conjunction and near-miss events in Earth's magnetosphere.
• Studying solar wind and magnetospheric plasma dynamics using multi-point observations.

Strengths

• Data originates from the authoritative NASA space physics missions ISEE-3 and IMP-8.
• Last updated in March 2026, indicating recent metadata maintenance.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

Satellite measurements from the ISEE-3 and IMP-8 missions.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 05:58:58.988379

Geography

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