Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Collection
Name of Image:
NASA?s Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) Contributes to Solar B/Hinode
Full Description:
Hinode (Sunrise), formerly known as Solar-B before reaching orbit, was launched from the Uchinoura Space Center in Japan on September 23, 2006. Hinode was designed to probe into the Sun?s magnetic field to better understand the origin of solar disturbances which interfere with satellite communications, electrical power transmission grids, and the safety of astronauts traveling beyond the Earth?s magnetic field. Hinode is circling Earth in a polar orbit that places the instruments in continuous sunlight for nine months each year and allows data dumps to a high latitude European Space Agency (ESA) ground station every orbit. NASA and other science teams will support instrument operations and data collection from the spacecraft?s operation center at the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency?s (JAXA?s) Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science facility located in Tokyo. The Hinode spacecraft is a collaboration among space agencies of Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Europe. The Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) managed development of three instruments comprising the spacecraft; the Solar Optical Telescope (SOT); the X-Ray Telescope (XRT); and the Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) Imaging Spectrometer (EIS). Provided by the Multimedia support group at MSFC, this video clip is an animated illustration of the Solar-B Spacecraft in earth orbit.
Date of Image:
2006-08-09
term:
Hinode
term:
Solar-B
term:
Solar Optical Telescope
term:
SOT
term:
X-Ray Telescope
term:
XRT
term:
Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope
term:
UIT
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
Sun
facet_what:
Spectrometer
facet_what:
Hinode
facet_what:
Polar
facet_what:
Solar Optical Telescope
facet_where:
United Kingdom
facet_where:
Japan
facet_where:
Tokyo
facet_where:
Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
facet_where:
United States of America
facet_when:
September 23, 2006
facet_when_year:
2006
Reference Number:
MSFC-75-SA-4105-2C
MIX #:
0601383
NIX #:
MSFC-0601383
MSFC Negative Number:
0601383
UID:
SPD-MARSH-0601383
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