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Last Boeing Delta 2 For 2001 Will Launch An Argonaut
Seal Beach - Dec. 3, 2001 A Boeing Delta rocket is poised to thunder into the skies over Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., to launch NASA's Jason-1 and TIMED spacecraft. The launch, scheduled for 7:07 a.m. PST on Dec. 7, 2001 from Space Launch Complex 2W, will be the last of seven Boeing Delta launches this year. "This mission illustrates the continuing Delta legacy," said Joy Bryant, Boeing director of NASA expendable launch programs. "We've come a long way because of our commitment to success. "We will again demonstrate that commitment to ensure that Jason-1 and TIMED satellites safely reach their proper orbits." For this mission, the rocket will feature a 10-foot composite fairing and a dual-payload attach fitting for deployment. Jason-1 is a mission to monitor global ocean circulation, study the link between the oceans and atmosphere, improve global climate predictions and monitor events such as El Nino. Jason-1 is a joint effort between NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena Calif., and the French Space Agency, CNES. TIMED, the Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics satellite, will explore the least understood region of the Earth's atmosphere, the Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere/Ionosphere. This mission will help scientists better understand this atmospheric region's effects on a number of areas including communications, satellite tracking and spacecraft lifetimes. TIMED is a joint effort between NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center located in Greenbelt, Md., and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md. This year, Boeing has already successfully launched a Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite for the U.S. Air Force, an advanced technology demonstration satellite called GeoLITE for National Reconnaissance Office, NASA's Mars Odyssey, MAP and Genesis spacecraft, and the world's most advance digital imaging satellite, DigitalGlobe's Quickbird. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Jason 1 and Launch Details at SeaLevel.nasa TIMED SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express Launch Pad at Space-Travel.com
Soyuz To Launch Radarsat-2
Evry, France (SPX) Jan 11, 2006Starsem announced Monday the signing of a contract with MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) for the launch of MDA's RADARSAT-2 Earth observation satellite by a Soyuz launch vehicle. |
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