Five-Satellite Themis Research Constellation Underway
Credit: BEN COOPER/AW&ST
Controllers are maneuvering the five NASA/University of California Themis auroral research spacecraft into alignment within their 1,250-117,000-mi. elliptical orbits, following launch from Cape Canaveral Feb. 17 on a United Launch Alliance Delta II booster (see photo). It is NASA's first five...
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