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  CDE: COSMIC DUST EXPERIMENT
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CDE Graphics in the Outreach Media Center

A graphical rendering of the CDE instrument.

> Large CDE Graphic

A graphical page about the CDE instrument.

> Large CDE Graphical Page

A diagram showing the AIM measurement geometry.

> Large AIM Measurement Geometry Diagram
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  • CU/LASP designs and fabricates the particle detector instrument, CDE, and aligns and calibrates the channels thereof.
  • CDE measures the influx of dust particles into the upper atmosphere (the PMC region).
  • CDE is an in-situ dust detector
  • CDE is mounted on the zenith side of the spacecraft, with a very wide field of view looking away from the Earth.

> Launch & Data Analysis

  
 
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