Tag: Earth observation
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Pegasus XL launch timeline with NASA’s CYGNSS microsats
Orbital ATK’s Pegasus XL rocket will take about eight minutes to reach orbit with NASA’s eight CYGNSS weather research microsatellites, then comes deployment of the spacecraft more than 300 miles (500 kilometers) above Earth. The 51,000-pound (23-metric ton) rocket will drop from the belly of a modified L-1011 carrier plane, named Stargazer, flying on an…
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Live coverage: Pegasus rocket successfully fires into orbit
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Pegasus XL rocket rocket with NASA’s Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter. NASA’s live video stream begins at 1200 GMT (7 a.m. EST). Please ensure your browser is updated…
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Video: Inside the CYGNSS satellite factory and the Pegasus carrier aircraft
Updated before Thursday’s launch attempt. Spaceflight Now visited the CYGNSS production facility at the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio and the Pegasus XL rocket’s carrier plane at Cape Canaveral for rare looks at hardware that make NASA’s $157 million hurricane research mission possible. In the first video, CYGNSS integration and test manager Alan Henry…
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Photos: Orbital ATK’s temporary Pegasus home base at Cape Canaveral
Take a look around the L-1011 jetliner, Pegasus rocket, and ground support gear at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Skid Strip for Monday’s scheduled launch of eight microsatellites to listen for winds inside hurricanes. NASA and Orbital ATK, the Pegasus rocket’s contractor, gave reporters and photographers a tour of the “hot pad” at the Cape Canaveral…
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NASA-funded satellite fleet could give hurricane forecasting a boost
Artist’s concept of the CYGNSS satellites deploying from the carrier module on the Pegasus rocket’s third stage. Credit: NASA/University of Michigan/SWRI Eight mini-satellites packed snug inside a Pegasus rocket slung under a modified jumbo jet will fire into orbit Monday off Florida’s East Coast, launching on a $157 million NASA mission that could help forecasters…
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Photos: Hurricane research satellites readied for launch
Eight miniature weather observatories, each the size of a piece of carry-on luggage, were installed on a specially-designed deployer module and mounted on the front end of an air-launched Pegasus XL rocket to prepare for Monday’s flight into orbit. The spacecraft are part of NASA’s Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System, or CYGNSS, a $157 million project…
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On-board camera replays from this week’s PSLV launch
Video Playerhttp://isro.gov.in/sites/default/files/videos/pslv-c36-strapon_and_heatshield_seperation.mp4.mp4 Media error: Format(s) not supported or source(s) not found Download File: http://isro.gov.in/sites/default/files/videos/pslv-c36-strapon_and_heatshield_seperation.mp4.mp4?_=100:0000:0000:00Use Up/Down Arrow keys to increase or decrease volume. For the first time, the Indian Space Research Organization has released stunning imagery from cameras mounted on-board a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle heading to orbit this Wednesday with a satellite to survey natural…
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Resource-mapping satellite blasts off from India
Updated after launch. The PSLV soars downrange from the Satish Dhawan Space Center on Wednesday with the Resourcesat 2A satellite. Credit: ISRO India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle delivered to orbit Wednesday the country’s third space mission dedicated to mapping natural resources, closing out a record year for Indian launch activity. The Resourcesat 2A satellite rode…
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Turkey’s military gets a new eye in the sky with successful Vega launch
The Vega rocket soars into a mostly clear sky above the Guiana Space Center on Monday. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – P. Baudon A European-built, Turkish-owned spy satellite rocketed into orbit Monday aboard a Vega booster launched from French Guiana, part of a $300 million project to feed improved surveillance imagery…
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Live coverage: Turkish reconnaissance launches on Vega rocket
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Vega rocket rocket with the Gokturk 1 Earth observation satellite. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter. Arianespace’s live webcast begins at 1331 GMT (8:31 a.m. EST). Please ensure your browser is updated with the…