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Mission Overview
CINDI: Coupled Ion Neutral Dynamic Investigation
Image Credit: U.S. Air Force
The CINDI investigation is a key component of the science objectives of the Communication/Navigation Outage Forecast System (C/NOFS) undertaken by the Air Force Research Laboratory and the Space and Missile Command Test and Evaluation Directorate. CINDI will study the elements that influence space weather near Earth’s equator.
C/NOFS was successfully launched from the underside of a Lockheed L-1011 on April 16, 2008, at 10:02 a.m. Pacific time.
Image Credit: U.S. Air Force The CINDI investigation is a key component of the science objectives of the Communication/Navigation Outage Forecast System (C/NOFS) undertaken by the Air Force Research Laboratory and the Space and Missile Command Test and Evaluation Directorate. CINDI will study the elements that influence space weather near Earth’s equator.
C/NOFS was successfully launched from the underside of a Lockheed L-1011 on April 16, 2008, at 10:02 a.m. Pacific time.
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CINDI Hunts Giant, Radio-Busting Plasma Bubbles
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