Last modified: 31 Mar 2004

Satellite passes on 22 January 2004

The SERSIO rocket was launched at 08:57 UT

Below is an overview of low-altitude polar-orbiting satellites near the rocket flight. The satellite tracks are traced along the magnetic field and overlaid 630nm all-sky images from the UiO camera in Ny-Aalesund. The projection altitude of all coordinates is 250 km. For reference the nominal rocket trajectory is shown with yellow markers, the ESR radar beam with white markers, and the EISCAT UHF in Tromso with cyan markers.

DMSP

There were two DMSP satellites near the rocket flight. DMSP F13 was intersecting the nominal rocket trajectory around 08:45-08:46 UT (i.e. around 10 minutes before the rocket launch). DMSP F14 had a more easterly trajectory being nearest Ny-Aalesund around 08:39-08:40 UT.

The two plots below are provided by Bill Denig and show DMSP satellite data (click on plots to enlarge):

NOAA

There were also two NOAA satellites near the rocket flight. NOAA-15 was intersecting the nominal rocket trajectory around 08:59 UT (two minutes after the rocket launch). NOAA-16 crossed the aurora around 09:28 UT (around 15 minutes after the rocket flight).

The four plots below are generated by Kjellmar Oksavik (data provided by Dave Evans) and show the NOAA energetic electron and proton particle data (click on plots to enlarge):

Page edited by Kjellmar Oksavik.