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THEMIS Pre-launch Briefing Multimedia Page
01.17.07
 
Presenter #1 - Craig Pollock, NASA HQ Program Scientist


Chart showing the various spacecraft in the Explorers Program.


Image #1: The artist's illustration highlights the fleet of Sun-Earth observing spacecraft operated by NASA and its partners. STEREO data will often be used to complement other missions and vice versa. It also provides a unique service with its different perspective to space weather. Click image to enlarge. Credit: NASA


Presenter #2 - Vassilis Angelopoulos, THEMIS Principle Investigator


Still from substorm animation.


Image #2: Animation explaining a substorm. + Click here to play animation in Windows Media Viewer. Credit: NASA.

Still from animation which illustrates how the five THEMIS satellites will work together to detect substorm events in the magnetosphere.


Image #3: Raeder model of a substorm with alignments. Credit: NASA. + Click here to view animation.

Still from animation showing the THEMIS network of ground stations.
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Image #4: THEMIS Ground Stations. Credit: NASA.
A network of ground observatories stretching from Alaska to Eastern Canada will observe Auroras from the ground. Scientists refer to this network as THEMIS' 'sixth satellite.' The network will provide key data that will help scientists determine the extent of the aurora.

EPO sites
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Image #5: EPO Sites. Credit: NASA


Presenter #3 - Peter Harvey, THEMIS Project Manager


Still from animation showing the deployment of the five THEMIS spacecraft.


Image #6: Launch and Deploy animation + Click here to play animation Credit: NASA.

photo of the THEMIS spacecraft


Image #7: Probe Carrier Assembly.Click image to enlarge. Credit: NASA.

Probe Carrier Assembly


Image #8: Photo of the THEMIS spacecraft. Click image to enlarge. Credit: NASA


Presenter #4 - Jim Slavin, NASA Heliophysics
Graphic showing the Explorer programs fleet of spacecraft.
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Image #9: Great Observatory graphic. Credit: NASA

 
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