Tag: DSCOVR
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Photos: DSCOVR buttoned up for Falcon 9 launch
Engineers worked inside a climate-controlled clean room for two months to ready NOAA’s new space weather observatory for launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The Deep Space Climate Observatory, equipped to detect incoming solar storms and give scientists a new view of Earth’s climate, will blast off aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape…
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Storied space weather observatory finally ready for launch
The Deep Space Climate Observatory inside a clean room before launch. Credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky The world’s most distant weather outpost is set for liftoff from Cape Canaveral on Sunday aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, launching to a point a million miles from Earth to warn forecasters of solar storms that could disrupt global air…
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New challenges await SpaceX’s next rocket landing attempt
A view of SpaceX’s rocket landing ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Credit: SpaceX via Elon Musk A rocket recovery team positioned off Florida’s East Coast is standing by for liftoff Sunday of a Falcon 9 launcher with a space weather satellite, but the demanding trajectory of the flight adds more unknowns to the company’s dicey…
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Falcon 9 launch timeline with DSCOVR
Follow the key events of the Falcon 9 rocket’s ascent into space from Cape Canaveral with NOAA’s Deep Space Climate Observatory. Exact times for re-entry and landing of the Falcon 9’s first stage have not been released by SpaceX. The times below have been updated to reflect the trajectory of the Feb. 10 launch attempt…
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Live coverage: Falcon 9 soars into space with DSCOVR
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of NOAA’s Deep Space Climate Observatory aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
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Video: Falcon/DSCOVR prelaunch news conference
Officials from SpaceX, NOAA, NASA and the U.S. Air Force hold the prelaunch news conference for Falcon 9 rocket launch of the Deep Space Climate Observatory.
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Near-ideal weather expected for Sunday’s Falcon 9 launch
File photo of a Falcon 9 rocket inside SpaceX’s hangar at Cape Canaveral before a previous launch. Credit: SpaceX Forecasters predict mostly clear skies, light winds and comfortable temperatures for Sunday’s launch of a Falcon 9 rocket with a NOAA satellite designed to warn of solar storms that could disrupt navigation and communication technology on…
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NOAA space weather sentinel joined with Falcon 9 rocket
The Deep Space Climate Observatory is pictured inside the Astrotech satellite processing facility in Titusville, Florida. One half of the Falcon 9 rocket’s payload fairing is seen behind the spacecraft. Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett A new space weather observatory to be stationed a million miles from Earth has been enclosed inside the nose cone of a…
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SpaceX conducts Static Fire test ahead of DSCOVR mission
SpaceX has conducted a Static Fire test on its latest Falcon 9 v1.1 rocket Saturday, paving the way for a February 8 launch attempt to loft the DSCOVR spacecraft uphill from Cape Canaveral’s SLC-40. The launch will also mark the second attempt to conduct a propulsive landing of the core stage on to the Autonomous…
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Next Falcon 9 launch rescheduled for Feb. 8
Credit: NOAA The next liftoff of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket has been reset for no earlier than Feb. 8, NOAA and NASA officials said Tuesday, apparently to give the launch provider more time to prepare for the mission. The launch with NOAA’s Deep Space Climate Observatory, a repurposed satellite originally built in the late 1990s,…