tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post2903390569865659324..comments2023-11-06T17:59:14.655+02:00Comments on Eco R Geo: NASA launches 4 spacecraft to study Magnetic Fields antixronoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17321757470762094126noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2877698188774561460.post-81239344658764060932015-03-13T07:48:05.767+02:002015-03-13T07:48:05.767+02:00An unmanned Atlas rocket blasted off from Florida ...An unmanned Atlas rocket blasted off from Florida on Thursday with a quartet of NASA science satellites designed to map explosions triggered by criss-crossing magnetic fields around the Earth...<br /><br />The 20-story-tall rocket, built and launched by United Launch Alliance, a partnership of Lockheed Martin and Boeing, lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 10:44 p.m. EDT (0244 GMT on Friday).<br /><br />Perched atop the rocket were four identical satellites designed to fly in a pyramid formation high around Earth.<br /><br />Each satellite is equipped with 25 sensors to record in split-second detail what happens when the planet's magnetic field lines break apart and reconnect. Data from the four probes will be combined to produce three-dimensional maps of the process.<br /><br />Magnetic reconnection, as the phenomenon is known, is commonplace throughout the universe, but poorly understood..................http://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Rocket-blasts-off-with-NASA-magnetic-field-probes-393816<br />13/3/15Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com