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'''Dynamics Explorer''' ('''[[Dynamics Explorer 1|DE-1]]''' and '''[[Dynamics Explorer 2|DE-2]]''' or '''Explorer 62''' and '''Explorer 63''') was a [[NASA]] mission, launched on 3 August 1981, and terminated on 28 February 1991.<ref>[http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/D/DE.html DE (Dynamics Explorer)]</ref> It consisted of two unmanned satellites, DE-1 and DE-2, whose purpose was to investigate the interactions between [[Plasma (physics)|plasmas]] in the [[magnetosphere]] and those in the [[ionosphere]]. The two satellites were launched together into [[Polar orbit|polar coplanar orbit]]s, which allowed them to simultaneously observe the upper and lower parts of the atmosphere.<ref name="Display">{{cite web|url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1981-070A|title=Explorer 62 (DE-1) 1981-070A|publisher=NASA|date=28 October 2021|access-date=22 November 2021}} {{PD-notice}}</ref>

== Mission ==