Swarm Satellites, Earth's magnetic field |
Swarm Satellites, Earth's magnetic field |
Nov 23 2013, 01:24 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 910 Joined: 4-September 06 From: Boston Member No.: 1102 |
The 3 satellites that comprise Swarm were successfully launched.
News story NBC News (link will probably be short lived) Wikipedia link ESA link -------------------- |
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Nov 30 2013, 01:35 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 401 Joined: 5-January 07 From: Manchester England Member No.: 1563 |
Going into space to learn about the insides of Earth - fascinating!
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Nov 30 2013, 02:48 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 153 Joined: 4-May 11 From: Pardubice, CZ Member No.: 5979 |
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...issions/s/swarm |
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