# Special Sensor Precipitating Electron and Ion Spectrometer - 5
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DMSP precipitating electron and ion spectrometer in the Space Environment Sensor Suite. Stored as component candidate because current D1 sensor spec lacks a matching particle/retroreflector/radiation-monitor branch.

## Specifications
- **manufacturer**: us-air-force
- **deployment context**: orbital
- **entity type**: component
- **last verified date**: 2026-06-14
- **verified by**: agency-doc
- **claim status**: agency-sourced
- **provider**: us-air-force
- **attributes**: {"kind":"component","manufacturer":"us-air-force","deployment_context":"orbital","description":"DMSP precipitating electron and ion spectrometer in the Space Environment Sensor Suite. Stored as component candidate because current D1 sensor spec lacks a matching particle/retroreflector/radiation-monitor branch."}
- **relevance**: ancillary

## Compositional position
- dmsp-f18 (missions) --[mission_payloads]--> Special Sensor Precipitating Electron and Ion Spectrometer - 5

## Sources
- [wmo-oscar-dmsp-f18] | WMO OSCAR satellite record: DMSP-F18 | https://space.oscar.wmo.int/satellites/view/dmsp_f18 | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-14
- [noaa-ncei-dmsp] | Defense Meteorological Satellite Program, NOAA NCEI | https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/satellite/defense-meteorological-satellite-program | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-14
- [ussf-dmsp-factsheet] | Defense Meteorological Satellite Program, U.S. Space Force fact sheet | https://www.spaceforce.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Article/2197779/defense-meteorological-satellite-program/ | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-14

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