News story NBC News (link will probably be short lived)
Wikipedia link
ESA link
Full Version: Swarm Satellites
Going into space to learn about the insides of Earth - fascinating!
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
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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