![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080920112835im_/http://veimages.gsfc.nasa.gov//44/thumb.jpg)
Images & Animations
-
Credit
Reto Stockli, NASA GSFC
Once established at its orbital altitude, Terra's solar panel will unfurl, enabling it to convert sunlight into energy to charge its batteries and power the spacecraft's operations. Then the high gain antenna will deploy, allowing NASA's ground control to begin sending commands to the spacecraft
Metadata
-
Sensor
Terra/Terra -
Visualization Date
1999-12-07