The partial failure was due to the premature cutoff of the first stage, which left the Dynamics Explorer spacecraft in a lower orbit than planned.
Ion drift meters have been used on several spacecraft including Dynamics Explorer and CHAMP, and will be on board the forthcoming Ionospheric Connection Explorer mission.
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