Van Allen Probes

past Mission

Type

Probe

Launch

Aug. 30, 2012

Location

Earth orbit

Objective

Study the Van Allen Belts

The Van Allen Probes studied two extreme and dynamic regions of space known as the Van Allen Radiation Belts that surround Earth.

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Ten Highlights From NASA’s Van Allen Probes Mission

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First of Two Van Allen Probes Spacecraft Ceases Operations

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NASA’s Van Allen Probes Begin Final Phase of Exploration in Earth’s Radiation Belts

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The Case of the Relativistic Particles Solved with NASA Missions

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Studying the Van Allen Belts 60 Years After America’s First Spacecraft

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