Universe  ID: 20119

The GLAST (Fermi) Spacecraft in Orbit

Animations by Chris Meaney Released on September 14, 2007
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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Upresed 5760x3240 animation of the Fermi spacecraft.

Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/CI Lab

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This beauty shot begins with the earth in full view and pans to reveal the spacecraft in orbit.
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This beauty shot begins with the earth in full view, then pans to reveal the spacecraft and the gamma ray sky it will observe.
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This beauty shot begins with the earth in full view, then pans to reveal the spacecraft and the gamma ray sky it will observe. This version is upresed to 1920x1080 and plays back at half-speed.
 

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http://www.nasa.gov/GLAST

Animation Credits

Chris Meaney (HTSI): Lead Animator
Steven Ritz (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab

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Missions:
Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
GLAST

Data Used:
Fermi/LAT
Event List
Fermi Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) Large Area Telescope (LAT)
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Fermi
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Note: While we identify the data sets used in these visualizations, we do not store any further details nor the data sets themselves on our site.

This item is part of these series:
GLAST Pre-Launch
Astrophysics Animations

Goddard TV Tape:
G2007-011HD -- GLAST Pre-Launch Resource Tape

Keywords:
SVS >> HDTV
SVS >> Satellite
SVS >> Spacecraft
DLESE >> Space science
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Spectral/Engineering >> Gamma Ray
SVS >> Hyperwall
SVS >> Gamma Ray Burst
SVS >> Astrophysics
SVS >> Universe
SVS >> GLAST
SVS >> Space
SVS >> Gamma Ray Observatory
SVS >> Fermi
NASA Science >> Universe

GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0