Monday, 24 November 2014

How NASA will launch four spacecraft at once to study magnetic fields

NASA has been planning to study the magnetic reconnection between the planet and therefore the sun for years, and currently the agency has revealed however its scientists are going make it happen. Magnetic reconnection is a method that converts magnetic energy to kinetic or thermal energy. It happens in the entire the universe, however near home, it happens throughout solar flares, coronal mass ejections and once solar winds interact with the Earth's magnetic field, inflicting aurorae. so as to review and make a 3D map of the mysterious phenomenon, NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale mission can send four satellite to space, which is able to position themselves in a pyramid.

A single rocket can carry all four (stacked on high of every other) to their destination, as you'll be able to see within the demo video of the launch below. each is meant to interrupt free from the stack once the rocket reaches orbit, and to deploy its "booms" (or collapsible , extendible limbs equipped with sensors required for the study) once it gets in position. barring delays, these satellite can launch in March 2015 to seek out parts near our planet wherever magnetic reconnection usually happens, so we might understand it better.


   

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