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MIRION MISSIONS IN THE MILKY WAY BEPICOLOMBO | 2018 Telescope of 5 circular PIPS detectors ACE | 1997 of dierent sizes on the BERM probe. Rectangular segmented PIPS Europe's ﬁrst mission to Mercury. detector on the SEPICA instrument. Mission to sample MESSENGER | 2015 low-energy solar particles and CHANG’E4 | 2019 Square pixelated PIPS detector. Mission high-energy galactic particles. Rectangular segmented to understand Mercury, least-explored PIPS detectors. First lander of the terrestrial planets. on the far side of the moon. EQUATORS | 1997 Circular PIPS detectors. Mission JUNO | 2016 designed to study Earth’s magnetic MARS CURIOSITY | 2012 Rectangular pixel PIPS detector. environment above the equator. Pixel PIPS detector coupled to Mission to reveal the origin and scintillators on the RAD instrument. evolution of Jupiter. NEW HORIZONS | 2015 Mission to explore and quantitatively Rectangular pixel PIPS detector on DOUBLE STAR | 2004 assess the surface of Mars. the PEPSSI instrument. Mission to Rectangular PIPS detectors. Double take precise measurements on Pluto. satellite mission to study the eects of the Sun on Earth's environment. MOON NEPTUNE PLUTO MERCURY VENUS JUPITER SATURN SUN EARTH URANUS MARS PAMELA | 2016 SOLAR ORBITER Square segmented PIPS detector. EPT & HET – circular pixel PIPS MARS ODYSSEY | 2001 First satellite-based experiment ULTIMA detectors on the EPD probe. On board spacecraft, Gamma-ray dedicated to the detection of VAN ALLEN PROBES | 2012 CASSINI | 2017 THULE Segmented PIPS detector (annular Spectrometer (1.2 kg) HPGe detector. cosmic rays. Rectangular pixel PIPS detector. Mission Several circular, square and rectangular segment) on the SWA instrument. Mission to study elemental to explore the Van Allen Radiation Belts. PIPS detectors on the MIMI instrument. Not yet launched. Mission to composition and radiation on Mars Mission to explore the wonders of explore the inner heliosphere and | 2019 STEREO | 2008 Saturn and its family of icy moons. NEW HORIZONS the eects of solar activity on it. Rectangular pixel PIPS detector on Trapezoidal segmented PIPS PROBAV SATELLITE | 2013 MARS EXPRESS | 2003 the PEPSSI instrument. Most distant detector on plastic instrument. Segmented PIPS telescope detector on Several circular, square and the EPT instrument. Mission to survey object ever explored. SOHO | 1995 Mission to study the Sun and rectangular PIPS detectors on the nature of its coronal mass space radiation levels. Several circular, square and rectangular the Aspera instrument. Mission to ejections (CMEs). PIPS detectors on the ERNE instrument. characterize, photograph, and Space-based observatory for viewing and MMS SPACECRAFT | 2015 map the surface of Mars. investigating the Sun from its core, Rectangular pixel PIPS detector. through its atmosphere, out to a distance Investigates how the Sun’s and Earth’s ten times beyond the Earth's orbit. magnetic ﬁelds connect and disconnect. LEARN MORE AT WWW.MIRION.COM.

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