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The Los
Alamos National Laboratory data Web site is open to the
science community. The site contains solar-wind browse plots
based on on-board calculated ion moments and electron spin
angle plots from August 24, 2001 to present. Browse plots
are generally posted within 1-3 days, allowing views of very
recent solar-wind activity. Genesis, a solar-wind sample return
mission, was launched August 8, 2001, and has been in an L1
halo orbit since November 19, 2001. The solar-wind collector
arrays were deployed on December 3 of the same year. Collection
continues until April 2004, when the spacecraft will leave
L1 for its Earth return phase. The samples will be returned
via a re-entry capsule, which separates from the main portion
of the spacecraft and re-enters Earth in September 2004. The
main portion of the spacecraft, including plasma instruments,
will be available at that time for re-targeting for further
solar-wind observations if funding permits.
 Los Alamos National Laboratory
Genesis Instrument Team |
