Heliospheric Links Explorer (HELIX)

David M. Rust; N. U. Crooker; Leon Golub; A. J. Hundhausen; L. J. Lanzerotti; Alan J. Lazarus; Norbert Seehafer; Lawrence J. Zanetti; Ron W. Zwickl

doi:10.1117/12.259726

25 November 1996 Heliospheric Links Explorer (HELIX)

David M. Rust, N. U. Crooker, Leon Golub, A. J. Hundhausen, L. J. Lanzerotti, Alan J. Lazarus, Norbert Seehafer, Lawrence J. Zanetti, Ron W. Zwickl

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Proceedings Volume 2804, Missions to the Sun; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.259726
Event: SPIE's 1996 International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1996, Denver, CO, United States

Abstract

The proposed HELIX mission consists of two spacecraft that will enable stereoscopic imaging of solar mass ejections, starting with their origins on the Sun and continuing to 1 AU and beyond. With a complement of telescopes and plasma detectors, the HELIX spacecraft will test magnetic helicity conservation and other approaches to understanding the physics of solar mass ejections. The mission will help explain how and why solar ejections occur and how they evolve in interplanetary space. 3D images and velocity maps and in-situ space plasma and magnetic field measurements will allow identification and tracking of ejected plasma. Detection of eruptions aimed at Earth will be an immediate practical benefit of the mission. The HELIX mission should lead to the development of a reliable storm prediction capability that will be of significant value to communications systems operators, electric power networks, NASA operators and others.

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David M. Rust, N. U. Crooker, Leon Golub, A. J. Hundhausen, L. J. Lanzerotti, Alan J. Lazarus, Norbert Seehafer, Lawrence J. Zanetti, and Ron W. Zwickl "Heliospheric Links Explorer (HELIX)", Proc. SPIE 2804, Missions to the Sun, (25 November 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.259726

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