Fermi Collision Avoidance Animations

  • Released Tuesday, April 30, 2013
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Animations of the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope and the Cosmos 1805 Tselina-D Soviet satellite from the Fermi Collision Avoidance video.

Sequence of maneuvers made by the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope to avoid a potential collision with Cosmos 1805. The spacecraft rolled from its normal orientation to point along its direction of motion. It rotated its solar panels to keep them out of the way and stowed its antenna for the same reason. Then it fired its main thrusters for 1 second which altered its orbit slightly.

Beauty pass of the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope.

Beauty pass of Cosmos 1805, a Tselina-D Soviet-era intelligence satellite.

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This page was originally published on Tuesday, April 30, 2013.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:52 PM EDT.

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  • Fermi Collision Avoidance (ID: 2012083)
    Friday, April 19, 2013 at 4:00AM
    Produced by - Robert Crippen (NASA)