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'''Dynamics Explorer''' was a [[NASA]] mission, launched on August 3, 1981 and terminated on February 28, 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 plasmas in the [[magnetosphere]] and those in the [[ionosphere]].<ref>[httphttps://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/databasenmc/MasterCatalogspacecraft/display.action?scid=1981-070A NSSDC Master Catalog]</ref> The two satellites were launched together into [[Geographical pole|polar]] [[coplanar]] orbits, which allowed them to simultaneously observe the upper and lower parts of the atmosphere.

==Design==