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| CLUSTER II: SATELLITE QUARTET TO INVESTIGATE THE EARTH'S MAGNETOSPHERE | G00-064 | 07/14/00 | 00:03:38 | The first two of four identical spacecraft carrying a complement of 11 identical instruments will be launched July 15, aboard a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonour Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. The next two will be launched from the same launch complex in Kazakhstan on Aug. 9. Cluster's quartet of satellites will travel around Earth in a tetrahedral - triangular pyramid - formation, investigating the solar wind as it crashes into our planet's magnetosphere. The unique placement of the satellites will allow scientists to study the near-Earth environment with unprecedented detail.
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| ITEM (1): Cluster Animation - The first two of four identical spacecraft carrying a complement of 11 identical instruments will be launched July 15, aboard a Soyuz rocket from the Baikonour Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. The next two will be launched from Kazakhstan on Aug. 9. Cluster's quartet of satellites will travel around Earth in a tetrahedral - triangular pyramid - formation, investigating the solar wind as it crashes into our planet's magnetosphere. The two year mission will provide scientists with a better understanding of how and why solar activity affects our planet. Cluster II is an international collaboration between the European Space Agency and NASA.
Credit: ESA
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| ITEM (2): Cluster Processing B-Roll
Credit: ESA
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| ITEM (3): Deployment Animation Credit: ESA
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| ITEM (4): B-Roll of a Soyuz Rocket Launch - Footage of a previous launch from the Baikonour Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Credit: ESA
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