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Date: Apr 29 00:03 2008

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NASA will launch two identical probes into the radiation belts to provide unprecedented insight into the physical dynamics of near-Earth space, where violent space weather can affect astronauts, satellites and even ground-based technologies. Researchers and engineers at Johns Hopkins' Applied Physics Laboratory and a number of other institutions have begun detailed design of NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probes Mission, or RBSP. APL will build and operate the twin probes, which are scheduled for a 2011 launch and a primary mission of two years. Read more __________________

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Date: May 9 10:19 2006

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NASA has announced they have chosen the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, US, to develop and operate two satellites for the agency's Radiation Belt Storm Probe, to be launched in 2012. The mission, part of NASA's Living With a Star Program, will investigate the interactions of Earth's radiation belts and magnetic fields with solar storms. The pair of satellites on low inclination eccentric orbits will measure the charged particle distributions. Scientists will use the science results to develop space weather predictions. __________________

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