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Unmanned Spaceflight.com _ Earth Observations _ Swarm Satellites

Posted by: Floyd Nov 23 2013, 01:24 PM

The 3 satellites that comprise Swarm were successfully launched.

News story http://www.nbcnews.com/science/swarm-satellites-go-orbit-probe-magnetic-mystery-2D11642031 (link will probably be short lived)

Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swarm_(spacecraft)

ESA http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/The_Living_Planet_Programme/Earth_Explorers/Swarm/ESA_s_magnetic_field_mission_Swarm

Posted by: marsbug Nov 30 2013, 01:35 PM

Going into space to learn about the insides of Earth - fascinating!

Posted by: pospa Nov 30 2013, 02:48 PM

One of "key" instruments on board is micro-accelerometer ACC (MAC-04) measuring non gravitational perturbing accelerations (air drag, winds, Earth albedo).
It was made in Czech and just two days ago they were powered up, unlocked and tested - they survived launch and meneuvering in perfect condition on all three satelites - Yes! ... BIG relief for czech team and our local kosmo-gang
... sorry guys, I couldn't resist.

Many mission details including instrumentation in case someone's interested: https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/s/swarm