STEREO's Ongoing Mission to See the Sun from All Sides
In 2012, the two STEREO spacecraft, Ahead (STEREO-A) and Behind (STEREO-B) continue on their orbits around the Sun. For the next several years, the spacecraft will be positioned to observe the side of the Sun not visible from the Earth.
A movie of showing the orbits of the STEREO A & B spacecraft in relation to the planets of the inner solar system in 2012.
Credits
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NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio
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Animator
- Tom Bridgman (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
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Producer
- Scott Wiessinger (USRA)
Release date
This page was originally published on Thursday, September 20, 2012.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:52 PM EDT.
Missions
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DE421 (JPL DE421)
ID: 752Planetary ephemerides
This dataset can be found at: http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/?ephemerides#planets
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SPICE Ephemerides (SPICE Ephemerides)
ID: 755Satellite and planetary ephemerides
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