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The THEMIS satellites

author: NASA/Novapix

reference: e-sot10-00002

Image Size 300 DPI: 17 * 25 cm

The THEMIS satellites in preparation in the mobile service tower at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Feb 08 2007.
This constellation of five satellites aims to study energy releases from Earth's magnetosphere known as substorms, magnetic phenomena that intensify auroras near Earth's poles.

Keywords for this photo:

2007 - ARTIFICIAL SATELLITE - AURORA - AURORA AUSTRALIS - AURORA BOREALIS - CAPE CANAVERAL - EARTH OBSERVATION SATELLITE - MAGNETIC FIELD - MAGNETOSPHERE - SPACE - THEMIS -