GLOWS (GLObal solar Wind Structure) is one of experiments on a NASA mission IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe), scheduled for launch into a Lissajous orbit around the Lagrange point L1 in 2025. The objective of GLOWS is to investigate the global heliolatitude structure of the solar wind and its evolution during the solar cycle. Additionally, GLOWS investigates the distribution of interstellar neutral hydrogen (ISN H) and the solar radiation pressure acting on ISN H.
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- First GLOWS Switch-on Successful
The IMAP mission is now en route to its target orbit around the Lagrange point L1. Following the successful launch and separation from the rocket, the individual instruments are being systematically switched on. On Wednesday, October 1st, in the evening […] - GLOWS has launched!
On Wednesday, September 24, 2025, at 1:30 PM Polish time (CEST), a Falcon 9 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The rocket carried three experiments: IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe), the Carruthers Geocorona Observatory, and NOAA’s SWFO-L1 (Space Weather […] - Media Campaign Kicks Off Before Launch!
The launch of the IMAP mission is fast approaching. The first attempt to send the satellite aboard the Falcon 9 rocket will take place on September 23, 2025, at 1:31 PM Polish time. The entire GLOWS team is intensely preparing […] - The IMAP launch is scheduled for September 2025
Recently NASA announced that a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the IMAP satellite will lift off in September 2025. In addition to our mission, the rocket will take two other smaller satellites that will also operate at the L1 Lagrange […]
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