NASA's New Satellite Duo Begins Tracking Mysterious Auroral Electrojets 48604b

Data revealed from three small satellites make up EZIE (Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer) to unravel the mysteries in the surroundings of the auroral electrojet. Launched from California on March 14, 2025, the three satellites of NASA's EZIE mission have officially begun their journey above the Earth's atmosphere. The early observations coming in are already proving to be incredibly valuable in helping scientists better understand Earth's auroral electrojets, they say. NASA says this is the first mission to study this electrical current in both northern and southern polar regions.

Study of EZIE Mission 6y4wt

After the spacecraft and the MEM instrument are both working as per the expectations.

What is MEM? 6g3u2n

It is known as the Microwave Electroject Magnetogram, which measures the Zeeman splitting phenomenon. This will offer NASA the insight to study the evolution of electrojets with its structure, which has not been done previously.

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The Auroral electrojets are created by the massive energy shifted by the solar atmospheric pressure when it hits the atmosphere of the Earth. The electrojets emit an electrical charge of 1 million amps every second around the Earth's magnetic poles. Magnetic disturbances of the Earth are created when these electrojets flow above the ground at around 65 miles. This could be a threat to the safety of astronauts and interfere with the satellites. This is the reason why knowing these electrojets is crucial for scientists.

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The mission has been funded by the Heliophysics Division at NASA. EZIE is managed by Goddard Space Flight Centre. A team of researchers will do the final analysis of the observations by EZIE, which will unveil the Earth and Space interlinking.