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Sounding Rocket Animations

Released on May 9, 2019
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A sounding rocket is able to carry science instruments between 30 - 300 miles above Earth's surface. These altitudes are typically too high for science balloons and too low for satellites to access safely making sounding rockets the only platforms that can carry out direct in situ measurements in these regions.

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A sounding rocket is able to carry science instruments between 30 - 300 miles above Earth's surface. These altitudes are typically too high for science balloons and too low for satellites to access safely making sounding rockets the only platforms that can carry out direct in situ measurements in these regions.

This animation is not annoted with the altitudes.

 

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Credits

Josh Masters (USRA): Animator
Josh Masters (Freelance): Animator
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

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Keywords:
NASA Science >> Earth
NASA Science >> Sun
SVS >> Sounding Rocket
SVS >> Animations