These Quicktime animations are based on actual spacecraft telemetry. Each animation begins with the spacecraft in its cruise phase attitude (Array Normal Spin). First, the spacecraft assumes its drag pass attitude (solar panels swept back, main thruster in ram direction). As the spacecraft enters the atmosphere, its aerodynamic response results in attitude oscillations. Outbound, the spacecraft scans the instrument deck across the planet to make TES and MOC images and to take horizon sensor measurements. Then the spacecraft goes back to ANS for the data playback.
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