All Systems Go As Parker Solar Probe Begins Second Sun Orbit – Parker Solar Probe

Die Parker Solar Probe war fleißig und hat in ihrem ersten von insgesamt 24 geplanten Sonnenumläufen 17 Gigabyte Daten gesammelt. Da müssen echt viele Daten über das Deep Space Network übertragen werden.

All Systems Go As Parker Solar Probe Begins Second Sun Orbit – Parker Solar Probe

On Jan. 19, 2019, just 161 days after its launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe completed its first orbit of the Sun, reaching the point in its orbit farthest from our star, called aphelion. The spacecraft has now begun the second of 24 planned orbits, on track for its second perihelion, or closest app…

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