<p>Yes, several <a href="https://earth.esa.int/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/i/isee" rel="nofollow noreferrer">experiments onboard the ISEE satellites</a> were devoted to detecting or characterizing both solar and galactic cosmic rays, including, among others, the <a href="https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/experiment/display.action?id=1977-102A-05" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Low Energy Cosmic Ray Experiment</a> (along with the <a href="https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/experiment/display.action?id=1978-079A-04" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Medium Energy Cosmic Ray Experiment</a> and the <a href="https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/experiment/display.action?id=1978-079A-05" rel="nofollow noreferrer">High Energy Cosmic Ray Experiment</a>) and the <a href="https://authors.library.caltech.edu/43662/1/04071918.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Heavy Isotope Spectrometer Telescope</a> (a solid state detector).</p>
<p>Data (or results, if not raw data) from some of these experiments is certainly available online in <a href="https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/displayDataset.action?spacecraftId=1978-079A" rel="nofollow noreferrer">the data archive you linked to</a> (just searching for &quot;cosmic ray&quot; shortens the process), as well as a suite of other ISEE experiments and instruments. For instance, high-energy cosmic ray composition tables from ISEE-3 can be found <a href="https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/dataset/display.action?id=SPHE-00311" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a>. Of course, not everything listed is available online; <a href="https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/dataset/display.action?id=SPHE-00182" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this set of low-energy ISEE-3 measurements</a> is stored on microfilm.</p>

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I guess I was not clear enough in my answer attempt - the ultimate way to go if I had the problem, I would actually contact ESA's archive service directly (in case I know what I want), and maybe even drive there.
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<p><a href="https://science.nasa.gov/missions/isee" rel="nofollow noreferrer">NASA's mission definition</a> of the International Sun Earth Explorer programm reads:</p>
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<p>The International Sun-Earth Explorer, or ISEE, program was an international cooperative program between NASA and ESA designed to study the interaction of the solar wind with Earth’s magnetic system, the magnetosphere. The three ISEE spacecraft measured energetic particles, electric and magnetic fields, and plasma parameters.</p>
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<p>The corresponding <a href="https://earth.esa.int/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/i/isee" rel="nofollow noreferrer">ESA mission page</a> offers more details on the instruments and has many valuable links about the scienctific results, e.g. to <a href="https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/heasarc/missions/biblio/isee3_biblio.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">ISEE 3 Publications</a> overview:
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/75Dla.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/75Dla.png" alt="Screenshot" /></a></p>
<p>In other words, the gamma ray observations indeed seem to be the most notable findings. As far as I can judge as layperson, the <a href="https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/displayDataset.action?spacecraftId=1978-079A" rel="nofollow noreferrer">dataset cited in the question</a> seems to be pretty complete. To be 100% sure, one would have to go to each an every publication, I fear.</p>

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<p>In looking at the available <a href="https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/displayDataset.action?spacecraftId=1978-079A" rel="nofollow noreferrer">datasets described by NASA</a> for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISEE-1" rel="nofollow noreferrer">International Sun-Earth Explorer</a>, I am only see gamma ray burst data.</p>
<p>Was the platform capable of recording cosmic rays other than gamma rays? If so, where is the data?</p>

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Did the International Sun-Earth Explorer detect cosmic rays other than gamma rays?
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# Did the International Sun-Earth Explorer detect cosmic rays other than gamma rays?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-03-18)

In looking at the available [datasets described by NASA](https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/displayDataset.action?spacecraftId=1978-079A) for the [International Sun-Earth Explorer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISEE-1), I am only see gamma ray burst data.

Was the platform capable of recording cosmic rays other than gamma rays? If so, where is the data?

**Tags:** data-analysis, space-probe, cosmic-ray

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2021-06-02. Score: 2

Yes, several [experiments onboard the ISEE satellites](https://earth.esa.int/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/i/isee) were devoted to detecting or characterizing both solar and galactic cosmic rays, including, among others, the [Low Energy Cosmic Ray Experiment](https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/experiment/display.action?id=1977-102A-05) (along with the [Medium Energy Cosmic Ray Experiment](https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/experiment/display.action?id=1978-079A-04) and the [High Energy Cosmic Ray Experiment](https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/experiment/display.action?id=1978-079A-05)) and the [Heavy Isotope Spectrometer Telescope](https://authors.library.caltech.edu/43662/1/04071918.pdf) (a solid state detector).

Data (or results, if not raw data) from some of these experiments is certainly available online in [the data archive you linked to](https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/displayDataset.action?spacecraftId=1978-079A) (just searching for "cosmic ray" shortens the process), as well as a suite of other ISEE experiments and instruments. For instance, high-energy cosmic ray composition tables from ISEE-3 can be found [here](https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/dataset/display.action?id=SPHE-00311). Of course, not everything listed is available online; [this set of low-energy ISEE-3 measurements](https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/dataset/display.action?id=SPHE-00182) is stored on microfilm.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: I guess I was not clear enough in my answer attempt - the ultimate way to go if I had the problem, I would actually contact ESA's archive service directly (in case I know what I want), and maybe even drive there.  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2021-06-02. Score: 1

[NASA's mission definition](https://science.nasa.gov/missions/isee) of the International Sun Earth Explorer programm reads:

> The International Sun-Earth Explorer, or ISEE, program was an international cooperative program between NASA and ESA designed to study the interaction of the solar wind with Earth’s magnetic system, the magnetosphere. The three ISEE spacecraft measured energetic particles, electric and magnetic fields, and plasma parameters.

The corresponding [ESA mission page](https://earth.esa.int/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/i/isee) offers more details on the instruments and has many valuable links about the scienctific results, e.g. to [ISEE 3 Publications](https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/heasarc/missions/biblio/isee3_biblio.html) overview:
[![Screenshot](https://i.sstatic.net/75Dla.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/75Dla.png)

In other words, the gamma ray observations indeed seem to be the most notable findings. As far as I can judge as layperson, the [dataset cited in the question](https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/displayDataset.action?spacecraftId=1978-079A) seems to be pretty complete. To be 100% sure, one would have to go to each an every publication, I fear.


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