GLAST Prepares to Change Space Records for the Better
“The Ku Band system on GLAST enables the transmittal of recorded science and engineering data at a high rate to the ground through the Tracking and Data Relay Satellites (TDRS),” said Al Vernacchio, GLAST Deputy Project Manager at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. “It provides the link that enables the transmission of the large quantity of information gathered by the Large Area Telescope (LAT) and GLAST Burst Monitor (GBM) instruments.”
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GLAST Prepares to Change Space Records for the Better
“The Ku Band system on GLAST enables the transmittal of recorded science and engineering data at a high rate to the ground through the Tracking and Data Relay Satellites (TDRS),” said Al Vernacchio, GLAST Deputy Project Manager at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. “It provides the link that enables the transmission of the large quantity of information gathered by the Large Area Telescope (LAT) and GLAST Burst Monitor (GBM) instruments.”
The Gamma-Ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST, is to be launched into space on May 16, 2008, meanwhile being prepared for its final stages of preparation aboard the Delta II launch vehicle. The subject of dark matter has long fascinated scientists in regard to its origin and dark matter distribution, and this mission is prepared to study the gamma-ray sky in the highest detail ever seen before.
Highly important, GLAST will study the cosmos as an international and multi-agency mission, viewing objects that emit high-energy light wavelengths. Arriving in Florida on March 7 at the Astrotech payload processing facility, the telescope is being prepared for the launch on May 16th at 11:45 EDT aboard a Delta II rocket.
Part of a collaboration mission, the partners involved consist of the U.S. Department of Energy, a joint partnership between France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Sweden, and many other academic institutions of the United States and abroad countries. Long-time questions will be answered that involve supermassive black hole systems and the origin of cosmic rays, while other questions that scientists want answered are in regard to the pulsars and the gamma-ray bursts.
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