Added Descriptions of AMPTE Observatories

Quentin Brzustowski
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Observatory/CDPP-AMDA/CCE.xml
Observatory/CDPP-AMDA/IRM.xml
Observatory/CDPP-AMDA/UKS.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<Spase xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://www.spase-group.org/data/schema" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.spase-group.org/data/schema http://amda.irap.omp.eu/public/schemas/spase-2_3_1.xsd">
+  <Version>2.2.6</Version>
+  <Observatory>
+    <ResourceID>spase://CNES/Observatory/CDPP-AMDA/CCE</ResourceID>
+    <ResourceHeader>
+      <ResourceName>AMPTE-CCE</ResourceName>
+      <AlternateName>Charge Composition Explorer</AlternateName>
+      <ReleaseDate>2019-05-05T12:34:56Z</ReleaseDate>
+      <Description>The Active Magnetospheric Particle Tracer Explorers (AMPTE) program involves three separate spacecrafts that were launched by a single Delta vehicle on August 16, 1984. 
+        The CCE instrumentation measured the composition of the matgnetospheric particle populations over their full energy range to study the spectral and  
+        temporal variations of these populations as a function of species ,and used these measurements to study the basic processes of magnetospheric ion enrgization, transport and loss.  
+        The CCE also monitored the access, energization and transport of the artificially injected tracer ions from the AMPTE solar wind and magnetotail tracer releases.  
+        The CCE carried three highly sensitive instruments (CHEM, HPCE, MEPA) to determine the distribution functions of both common and rare ion species over an energy range extending from eVs to MeVs and  
+        electrons over and energy range extending from eVs to keVs. It also carried two instruments to measure the ambient magnetic field and electric component of plasma waves.  
+        These instruments collected data over the four-year mission of August 1984 to January 1989 in a roughly 8-Re equatorial orbit.
+      </Description>
+      <Acknowledgement>Please acknowledge the US AMPTE Program for the CCE of JHU/APL</Acknowledgement>
+      <Contact>
+        <PersonID>spase://SMWG/Person/Richard.W.McEntire</PersonID>
+        <Role>PrincipalInvestigator</Role>
+      </Contact>
+      <InformationURL>
+        <Name>JHU/APL Science Data Center (SDC) for the AMPTE-CCE spacecraft</Name>
+        <URL>http://sd-www.jhuapl.edu/AMPTE/</URL>
+      </InformationURL>
+      <InformationURL>
+        <Name>NSSDC Master Catalog</Name>
+        <URL>https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1984-088A</URL>
+      </InformationURL>
+    </ResourceHeader>
+    <Location>
+      <ObservatoryRegion>Earth.Magnetosheath</ObservatoryRegion>
+      <ObservatoryRegion>Earth.Magnetosphere</ObservatoryRegion>
+      <ObservatoryRegion>Earth.Magnetosphere.Magnetotail</ObservatoryRegion>   
+      <ObservatoryRegion>Heliosphere.NearEarth</ObservatoryRegion>
+    </Location>
+    <OperatingSpan>
+      <StartDate>1984-08-16T07:31:00</StartDate>
+      <StopDate>1989-01-11T12:00:00</StopDate>
+    </OperatingSpan>
+  </Observatory>
+</Spase>
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<Spase xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://www.spase-group.org/data/schema" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.spase-group.org/data/schema http://amda.irap.omp.eu/public/schemas/spase-2_3_1.xsd">
+  <Version>2.2.6</Version>
+  <Observatory>
+    <ResourceID>spase://CNES/Observatory/CDPP-AMDA/IRM</ResourceID>
+    <ResourceHeader>
+      <ResourceName>AMPTE-IRM</ResourceName>
+      <AlternateName>Ion Release Module</AlternateName>
+      <ReleaseDate>2019-05-05T12:34:56Z</ReleaseDate>
+      <Description>
+        The AMPTE (Active Magnetospheric Particle Tracer Explorers) mission was designed to study the access of solar wind ions to the magnetosphere, the convective-diffusive transport and energization of magnetospheric particles, and the interactions of plasmas in space. 
+        The program consisted of three spacecraft: the CCE, which measured in the magnetosphere the ions released by the IRM; the IRM; and the UKS, which used thrusters to keep station near the IRM to provide two-point local measurements. 
+        The IRM provided multiple ion releases in the solar wind, the magnetosheath, and the magnetotail, with in situ diagnostics of each. 
+        The IRM spacecraft was spin-stabilized at 15 rpm. Its spin axis was initially in the ecliptic plane, but later it was adjusted with magnetic torquing to be at right angles to the ecliptic. 
+        The power system was a 60 W solar array with redundant batteries. There was a redundant S-band telemetry and telecommand system. Telemetry rates could be chosen between 1 and 8 kbps. For injection into the final orbit, the IRM carried its own kick stage. 
+        In addition to the ion releases, the instruments on board the spacecraft monitored the ambient, magnetosphere, but with the data acquisition confined to the passes that could be tracked in real time from Germany. 
+        After launch on 16 August 1984 IRM was taken through the usual commissioning phase and was declared fully operational three weeks later. The spacecraft was then operated until August 14, 1986.
+      </Description>
+      <Acknowledgement></Acknowledgement>
+      <Contact>
+        <PersonID>spase://SMWG/Person/Gerhard.Haerendel</PersonID>
+        <Role>PrincipalInvestigator</Role>
+      </Contact>
+      <InformationURL>
+        <Name>AMPTE-IRM webpage at University of New Hampshire</Name>
+        <URL>http://www-ssg.sr.unh.edu/index.html?tof/Missions/Ampte-irm/amptemain.html</URL>
+      </InformationURL>
+      <InformationURL>
+        <Name>NSSDC Master Catalog</Name>
+        <URL>https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1984-088B</URL>
+      </InformationURL>
+    </ResourceHeader>
+    <Location>
+      <ObservatoryRegion>Earth.Magnetosheath</ObservatoryRegion>
+      <ObservatoryRegion>Earth.Magnetosphere</ObservatoryRegion>
+      <ObservatoryRegion>Earth.Magnetosphere.Magnetotail</ObservatoryRegion>   
+      <ObservatoryRegion>Heliosphere.NearEarth</ObservatoryRegion>
+    </Location>
+    <OperatingSpan>
+      <StartDate>1984-08-16T07:31:00</StartDate>
+      <StopDate>1986-08-14T23:59:59</StopDate>
+    </OperatingSpan>
+  </Observatory>
+</Spase>
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<Spase xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://www.spase-group.org/data/schema" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.spase-group.org/data/schema http://amda.irap.omp.eu/public/schemas/spase-2_3_1.xsd">
+  <Version>2.2.6</Version>
+  <Observatory>
+    <ResourceID>spase://CNES/Observatory/CDPP-AMDA/UKS</ResourceID>
+    <ResourceHeader>
+      <ResourceName>AMPTE-UKS</ResourceName>
+      <AlternateName>United Kingdom Subsatellite</AlternateName>
+      <ReleaseDate>2019-05-05T12:34:56Z</ReleaseDate>
+      <Description>
+        The AMPTE (Active Magnetospheric Particle Tracer Explorers) mission was designed to study the access of solar wind ions to the magnetosphere, 
+        the convective-diffusive transport and energization of magnetospheric particles, and the interactions of plasmas in space.
+        The program consisted of three spacecraft: the CCE, which measured in the magnetosphere the ions released by the IRM; the IRM, which provided multiple ion releases in the solar wind, 
+        the magnetosheath, and the magnetotail, with in situ diagnostics of each; and the UKS. 
+        The UKS served as a subsatellite of the IRM spacecraft. Its purpose was to help distinguish between spatial structure and temporal changes in the plasma phenomena initiated 
+        by ion releases from the IRM and in the natural magnetospheric environment. 
+        Measured quantities were similar to those of the IRM and include magnetic fields, positive ions, electrons, plasma waves, and modulations in ions and electrons.
+        The spacecraft was spin-stabilized at 12 rpm and employed S-band communications. It carried a cold gas propulsion system and a VHF radar system for station keeping with the IRM 
+        normally at a distance of a few hundred kilometers.
+        The operation of UKS was constrained by the power available from the solar panels and onboard battery capacity. 
+        This limited operation of the full set of instruments to a maximum duration of 5 hours after which 10 hours were required to recharge batteries. 
+        Longer periods of operation were possible with a subset of the instruments. Operation was further constrained by the need to transmit data back to the ground in real-time. 
+        Thus, in general, the instruments were operated only when the spacecraft was in view of the telemetry stations in the UK 
+        (but on a few special occasions, such as ion releases, this constraint was overcome by use of the NASA Deep Space Network). 
+        As a result, the UKS data are discontinuous with coverage of up to 6 hours per day. 
+        Note that the UKS mission took place during the declining phase of solar cycle 21. This was characterised by corotating high-speed streams in the solar wind. 
+        These were well observed by UKS in the early months of its mission.
+      </Description>
+      <Acknowledgement></Acknowledgement>
+      <Contact>
+        <PersonID>spase://SMWG/Person/Duncan.A.Bryant</PersonID>
+        <Role>ProjectScientist</Role>
+      </Contact>
+      <InformationURL>
+        <Name>AMPTE-UKS User Guide</Name>
+        <URL>http://www.sp.ph.ic.ac.uk/csc-web/DOCS/CU-QMW-MA-0008/index.html</URL>
+      </InformationURL>
+      <InformationURL>
+        <Name>NSSDC Master Catalog</Name>
+        <URL>https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1984-088C</URL>
+      </InformationURL>
+    </ResourceHeader>
+    <Location>
+      <ObservatoryRegion>Earth.Magnetosheath</ObservatoryRegion>
+      <ObservatoryRegion>Earth.Magnetosphere</ObservatoryRegion>
+      <ObservatoryRegion>Earth.Magnetosphere.Magnetotail</ObservatoryRegion>   
+      <ObservatoryRegion>Heliosphere.NearEarth</ObservatoryRegion>
+    </Location>
+    <OperatingSpan>
+      <StartDate>1984-08-25T07:31:00</StartDate>
+      <StopDate>1985-06-15T23:59:59</StopDate>
+    </OperatingSpan>
+  </Observatory>
+</Spase>