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Ref : S08492
Theme :
Testings - Satellites - Probes - Rockets (2314 images)
Title : The High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (HESSI) spacecraft
Caption :
(06/05/2001) -- The High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (HESSI) spacecraft, which will be launched by a Pegasus XL rocket, arrives at the Skid Strip at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Part of NASA's Small Explorer Program, HESSI's primary mission is to explore the basic physics of particle acceleration and explosive energy release in solar flares. Launch is scheduled for no earlier than June 14
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