NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center: Many satellites that monitor the Earth orbit relatively close to the planet, while some satellites that monitor the sun orbit our star. DSCOVR will keep an eye on both, with a focus on the sun, and to cover both it will have an unusual orbit in a place called L1.
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center: Many satellites that monitor the Earth orbit relatively close to the planet, while some satellites that monitor the sun orbit our star. DSCOVR will keep an eye on both, with a focus on the sun, and to cover both it will have an unusual orbit in a place called L1.
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