Tag: Earth observation
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Boats in safety zone, technical problem combine to scrub Delta 2 launch
Credit: ULA/Jeff Spotts United Launch Alliance called off the launch of a Delta 2 rocket from California’s Central Coast early Tuesday after boats ventured into a restricted safety exclusion zone and engineers ran out of time to resolve a technical problem on the launcher. The Delta 2 rocket had only 66 seconds to take off…
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Boats in safety zone, technical problem combine to scrub Delta 2 launch
Credit: ULA/Jeff Spotts United Launch Alliance called off the launch of a Delta 2 rocket from California’s Central Coast early Tuesday after boats ventured into a restricted safety exclusion zone and engineers ran out of time to resolve a technical problem on the launcher. The Delta 2 rocket had only 66 seconds to take off…
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Delta 2 launch timeline with JPSS 1
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 9 a.m. EST (1400 GMT) on Nov. 14 after launch scrub and on Nov. 17 in advance of third launch attempt. A Delta 2 rocket boosted by nine strap-on motors and two liquid-fueled stages will launch NOAA’s JPSS 1 weather satellite into a 511-mile-high (822-kilometer) orbit following liftoff from Vandenberg Air…
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Delta 2 launch timeline with JPSS 1
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 9 a.m. EST (1400 GMT) on Nov. 14 after launch scrub and on Nov. 17 in advance of third launch attempt. A Delta 2 rocket boosted by nine strap-on motors and two liquid-fueled stages will launch NOAA’s JPSS 1 weather satellite into a 511-mile-high (822-kilometer) orbit following liftoff from Vandenberg Air…
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Photos: Delta 2 rocket revealed after mobile gantry rollback
Ground crews at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California retracted a mobile gantry away from the Delta 2 rocket Monday afternoon, revealing the 128-foot-tall (39-meter) booster on its launch pad awaiting liftoff with a new polar-orbiting weather observatory. The United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket is set for blastoff at 1:47:02 a.m. PST (4:47:02 a.m.…
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Photos: Delta 2 rocket revealed after mobile gantry rollback
Ground crews at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California retracted a mobile gantry away from the Delta 2 rocket Monday afternoon, revealing the 128-foot-tall (39-meter) booster on its launch pad awaiting liftoff with a new polar-orbiting weather observatory. The United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket is set for blastoff at 1:47:02 a.m. PST (4:47:02 a.m.…
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Live coverage: Delta 2 launches from California on third try
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Delta 2 rocket with the JPSS 1 weather satellite for NOAA. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. NASA TV’s live broadcast of the Delta 2 launch begins at 1:15 a.m. PST (4:15 a.m. EST; 0915 GMT).
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Live coverage: Delta 2 launches from California on third try
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Delta 2 rocket with the JPSS 1 weather satellite for NOAA. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. NASA TV’s live broadcast of the Delta 2 launch begins at 1:15 a.m. PST (4:15 a.m. EST; 0915 GMT).
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Photos: Vega rocket lifts off with Moroccan satellite
A European Vega rocket took off Tuesday from a tropical launch pad in South America with Mohammed VI-A, a Moroccan spy satellite built in France. The 98-foot-tall, four-stage rocket launched Tuesday from the Guiana Space Center at 10:42 p.m. French Guiana time (8:42 p.m. EST; 0142 GMT Wednesday). It was the 11th flight of a…
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Morocco’s first high-resolution surveillance satellite launched aboard Vega rocket
Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – P. Piron A reconnaissance satellite built in secrecy in France for the Moroccan government launched Tuesday on top of a Vega rocket from the Guiana Space Center in South America. The Mohammed VI-A optical imaging craft, named for the Moroccan king, lifted off at 8:42:31 p.m.…