SATELLITES & SPACE PROBES A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  X  Y  Z           HOME ABOUT CATEGORIES SITE MAP COPYRIGHT ADVERTISE CONTACT entire Web this site THEMIS (Time History of Events and Macroscale Interaction during Substorms) A future NASA MIDEX mission to study the onset of magnetic storms known as substorms within the tail of Earth’s magnetosphere. It will involve five microsatellite probes flying through different regions of the magnetosphere and observing how the storms originate and evolve. Led by Vassilis Angelopoulos of the University of California, Berkeley, THEMIS is scheduled for launch in October 2006. Related category    • SATELLITES AND SPACE PROBES External site THEMIS website (University California, Berkeley) Also on this site: Encyclopedia of Alternative Energy & Sustainable Living Encyclopedia of History Transport Concepts & Designs (partner site) BACK TO TOP