Solwind (P78-1)

Solwind (P78-1) [STP]

The Solwind (Solar Wind, P78-1) mission was designed to obtain scientific data from earth and sun-oriented experiments. The spacecraft was sun-oriented and had its spin axis perpendicular to both the orbital plane and the satellite-sun line. The instrumentation consisted of:

• a gamma-ray spectrometer and particle detectors,
• a white-light coronagraph and an extreme-ultraviolet heliograph,
• a solar X-ray spectrometer and spectroheliograph,
• an extreme-ultraviolet spectrometer,
• a high-latitude particle spectrometer,
• an X-ray monitor, and
• a preliminary aerosol monitor

Solwind was destroyed as an ASAT target while still producing valuable results.