As part of its testing campaign to prepare for launch, ESA’s Solar Orbiter spacecraft underwent a special set of tests in a very unique location, the magnetic field simulation facility near the IABG premises in Ottobrunn, Germany.
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Source:
https://phys.org/news/2019-09-image-solar-orbiter-magnetic-field.html