The GLAST (Fermi) Spacecraft in Orbit
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- Chris Meaney
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GLAST will be launched into a circular orbit around the Earth at an altitude of about 560 km (350 miles). At that altitude, the observatory will circle Earth every 90 minutes. In sky-survey mode, GLAST will be able to view the entire sky in just two orbits, or about 3 hours. Because gamma rays in the GLAST's energy band are unable to penetrate the Earth's atmostphere, it is essential that GLAST perform its observations from space.
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Credits
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab
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Animator
- Chris Meaney (KBR Wyle Services, LLC) [Lead]
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Scientist
- Steven Ritz (NASA/GSFC)
Missions
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Fermi
ID: 216Fermi Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) Large Area Telescope (LAT)
This dataset can be found at: http://fermi.gsfc.nasa.gov
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Fermi
ID: 687
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