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  <Version>2.3.1</Version>
  <Instrument>
    <ResourceID>spase://SMWG/Instrument/ICON/IVM</ResourceID>
    <ResourceHeader>
      <ResourceName>The Ion Velocity Meter</ResourceName>
	  <AlternateName>IVM</AlternateName>
      <ReleaseDate>2021-07-20T13:41:27Z</ReleaseDate>
      <Description>The IVM consists of two planar thermal ion sensors, a retarding potential analyzer (RPA) and an ion drift meter (IDM).</Description>
	  <Acknowledgement>National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Dr. Rod Heelis</Acknowledgement>
	  <Funding>
		<Agency>National Aeronautics and Space Administration</Agency>
		<Project>Explorers Program</Project>
		<AwardNumber>contracts NNG12FA44C</AwardNumber>
	  </Funding>
      <Contact>
        <PersonID>spase://SMWG/Person/Roderick.A.Heelis</PersonID>
        <Role>PrincipalInvestigator</Role>
      </Contact>
      <InformationURL>
        <Name>Additional information on ICON</Name>
        <URL>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ionospheric_Connection_Explorer</URL>
        <Description>More details on the ICON spacecraft.</Description>
      </InformationURL>
	  <InformationURL>
        <Name>Additional information on ICON</Name>
        <URL>https://icon.ssl.berkeley.edu/</URL>
        <Description>ICON spacecraft Homepage.</Description>
      </InformationURL>
	  <InformationURL>
        <Name>The Ionospheric Connection Explorer mission: mission goals and design</Name>
        <URL>https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-017-0449-2</URL>
        <Description>Space Science Reviews, 214:13 (36pp.). Public access. DOI: 10.1007/s11214-017-0449-2</Description>
      </InformationURL>
	  <InformationURL>
        <Name>Ion Velocity Measurements for the Ionospheric Connections Explorer</Name>
        <URL>https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-017-0383-3</URL>
        <Description>Space Science Reviews, 212(1-2), pp.615-629. DOI: 10.1007/s11214-017-0383-3</Description>
      </InformationURL>
    </ResourceHeader>
    <InstrumentType>IonDrift</InstrumentType>
	<InvestigationName>Ion Velocity Meter</InvestigationName>
	<OperatingSpan>
		<StartDate>2019-10-11T02:00:00Z</StartDate>
	</OperatingSpan>
	<ObservatoryID>spase://SMWG/Observatory/ICON</ObservatoryID>
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