FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC Video

Media Kit: COSMIC News Release | COSMIC Multimedia Gallery

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Animation zooms out on 24 GPS satellites in higher orbit above 6 COSMIC satellites in low-Earth orbit

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Animation of radio occultation, as COSMIC satellite tracks bending signal from GPS satellite; graph on right shows resulting "vertical profile," measurements of temperature and humidity in descending altitude through the atmosphere

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Several views of individual COSMIC microsatellites being prepared and tested

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Interior view of one COSMIC microsatellite with three main components labeled: GPS radio occultation receiver, Tiny Ionospheric Photometer, tri-band beacon

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Animation of the six satellites separating from the launch vehicle, solar panels deploy

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Animation of six satellites entering single orbital plane and then moving into six separate orbital planes

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Animated globe shows 900 weather balloon launch locations and gradually increasing coverage from COSMIC topping off at 2,500 "soundings" per day

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Animation zooms in on GPS satellites in higher orbit above 6 COSMIC satellites in low-Earth orbit

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Animation of COSMIC satellite transmitting to ground stations

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Animation of radio occultation without vertical profile graph

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Animation of COSMIC flyby of Earth

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Reprise of animated zoom in on GPS satellites in higher orbit above 6 COSMIC satellites in low-Earth orbit

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Final credit:  National Space Organization (NSPO), Taiwan