Glory/Kysat/Hermes/Explorer-1'= Taurus-XL 3110 - Vandenberg LC-576E - 4.03.11 – авария

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Glory Fact:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=16185.0;attach=265769

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http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/Glory/launch/glorylaunchpreview.html

02.08.11
Taurus XL Ready to Launch Glory Spacecraft

The Glory spacecraft and its Taurus XL launch vehicle are coming together at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California as NASA gets ready to launch its first Launch Services Program mission of 2011.

Researchers are looking for more puzzle pieces to fill out the picture of Earth's climate and Glory was designed to give them the pieces relating to the role tiny particles known as aerosols play in the planet's weather. The spacecraft, about the size of a refrigerator, is also equipped with an instrument to measure the sun's impact on Earth's conditions. Glory is to lift off Feb. 23 at 5:09 a.m. EST.

"The Glory satellite will help us understand the interaction of what's called aerosols in our environment," said Chuong Nguyen, LSP's mission integration manager for Glory.

The particles Glory will measure are small enough to float in the atmosphere and affect weather conditions by either absorbing sunlight or reflecting it. The particles can also affect rain patterns by seeding clouds and have other effects. The Glory mission is to also find out how long-lasting the effects for aerosols and how far their effects reach.

The effects of some aerosols are limited to those parts of the world that generate them. For example, cities in developing nations often produce the most "black carbon," or soot, and it is in those areas that the effects are seen most dramatically, sometimes even in the form of health problems.

However, other aerosols including dust from the Sahara desert, reach high enough into the air that they are transported across the oceans. In the case of the Sahara, its dust has been seen in the Caribbean.

While the spacecraft will get due attention, many eyes also will be on the Taurus XL rocket that will lift Glory. The four-stage, solid-fueled rocket was last used in February 2009 to launch the Orbiting Carbon Observatory. However, the payload fairing protecting the spacecraft during the early part of launch did not separate and the spacecraft never reached orbit.

"Glory is going to do some fantastic stuff as far as mapping out aerosols in the atmosphere, but it's also a groundbreaker in that this is the first flight after a failure of the Taurus XL vehicle," said Omar Baez, launch director for the Glory mission. "So we're excited to be doing this and Glory just happens to be the science that we're taking up with us this time."

Compared with other rockets that have launched many hundreds of times, the Taurus XL is quite young and Baez said the trouble with the last launch is part of any new system's growing pains.

"We've had a lot of work put into this vehicle so essentially you're flying some systems that you're well aware of," Baez said. "They're brand new but you know them intimately. We'll take out those problems that we had with the failure."

Two review boards were established to find the cause of the failure, one by NASA and one by the rocket's maker, Orbital Sciences. When those were complete, the launch team moved ahead with changes and preparations for the Glory mission.

"There's physically been people that have been working this one item for two years," Baez said.

Glory is launching from the California coast so it can go into a sun-synchronous orbit to scan almost all of the Earth's surface as part of the "A-Train" of Earth-observation satellites already in orbit.

Together, Glory, the other spacecraft already in orbit and a future mission called the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2, the replacement for the original OCO, are expected to give the most complete picture to date of Earth's climate and what makes it change.

Steven Siceloff
NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center

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http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/news/releases/2011/release-20110210.html

MEDIA ADVISORY : M05-11
 
NASA's Glory Climate Satellite Ready for Launch Feb. 23 [/size]
 
VANDENBERG AFB, Calif. -- The launch of NASA's Glory spacecraft aboard an Orbital Sciences Taurus XL rocket is scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 23. Liftoff will be from Space Launch Complex 576-E at Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB), Calif. Liftoff is targeted for 2:09:43 a.m. PST (5:09:43 a.m. EST) in the middle of a 48-second launch window. The spacecraft's final polar orbit will be 438 nautical miles (508 miles) at an inclination of 98.2 degrees.

Data from the Glory mission will allow scientists to better understand how the sun and tiny atmospheric particles called aerosols affect Earth's climate. Both aerosols and solar energy influence the planet's energy budget, which is the amount of energy entering and exiting Earth's atmosphere. An accurate measurement of these impacts is important in order to anticipate future changes to our climate and how they may affect human life.

The first of NASA's Educational Launch of Nanosatellite, or ELaNa, missions also will be launched on the Taurus XL. These auxiliary payloads are small satellites called CubeSats. Each is designed and created by university and college students. Three satellites will be deployed on ELaNa-1.

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http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/launchingrockets/status/2011/elvstatus-20110217_prt.htm

Feb. 17, 2011
STATUS REPORT : ELV-021711

At Vandenberg Air Force Base, the fully integrated "upper stack," consisting of the encapsulated Glory spacecraft with Stages 1, 2 and 3, was hoisted atop the Taurus XL Stage 0 on the launch pad Feb. 15. The Combined Systems Test on Feb. 17 will test the entire fully integrated launch vehicle including the spacecraft.

The Flight Readiness Review was completed on Feb. 11 with no significant issues or concerns. A countdown dress rehearsal is planned for Feb. 18. The Launch Readiness Review, the final review before launch, will be conducted on Feb. 21.

Data from the Glory mission will allow scientists to better understand how the sun and tiny atmospheric particles called aerosols affect Earth's climate. Both aerosols and solar energy influence the planet's energy budget -- the amount of energy entering and exiting Earth's atmosphere. An accurate measurement of these impacts is important in order to anticipate future changes to our climate and how they may affect human life.

Project management for Glory is the responsibility of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. The launch management for the mission is the responsibility of NASA's Launch Services Program at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Orbital Sciences Corp. of Dulles, Va., is the launch service provider to Kennedy of the four-stage Taurus XL rocket and is also builder of the Glory satellite for Goddard.

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http://mailman.qth.net/pipermail/launch-alert/2011-February/000657.html

NASA'S GLORY CLIMATE SATELLITE READY FOR LAUNCH FEB. 23
                  Vandenberg AFB Notice to Editors
                         2011 February 10
 
VANDENBERG AFB, Calif. - The launch of NASA's Glory spacecraft aboard an Orbital Sciences Taurus XL rocket is scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 23. Liftoff will be from Space Launch Complex 576-E at Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB), Calif. Liftoff is targeted for 2:09:43 a.m. PST (5:09:43 a.m. EST) in the middle of a 48-second launch window. The spacecraft's final polar orbit will be 438 nautical miles (508 miles) at an inclination of 98.2 degrees.

Data from the Glory mission will allow scientists to better understand how the sun and tiny atmospheric particles called aerosols affect Earth's climate. Both aerosols and solar energy influence the planet's energy budget, which is the amount of energy entering and exiting Earth's atmosphere. An accurate measurement of these impacts is important in order to anticipate future changes to our climate and how they may affect human life.  

The first of NASA's Educational Launch of Nanosatellite, or ELaNa, missions also will be launched on the Taurus XL. These auxiliary payloads are small satellites called CubeSats.  Each is designed and created by university and college students. Three satellites will be deployed on ELaNa-1.

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Закрытие воздушного пространства:

!CARF 02/189 (KZLA A0329/11) ZLA AIRSPACE DCC 2 ROPS AIROP DO-1103 STATIONARY RESERVATION WITHIN AN AREA BNDD BY 3104N/12251W 3244N/12207W 3225N/12106W 3045N/12151W AAND WITHIN AN AREA BNDD BY 3435N/12040W 3435N/12042W 3444N/12038W 3444N/12036W SFC-UNL WEF 1102230953-1102231046

!CARF 02/190 (KZAK A0833/11) ZAK AIRSPACE DCC 2 ROPS AIROP DO-1103 STATIONARY RESERVATION WITHIN AN AREA BNDD BY 1602N/12644W 1833N/12605W 1819N/12507W 1549N/12547W AND WITHIN AN AREA BNDD BY 3104N/12251W 3244N/12207W 3225N/12106W 3045N/12151W SFC-UNL WEF 1102230953-1102231046

Такие же зоны и на то же время закрыты на 24 и 25 февраля.

A0851/11 - QXXXX THE FOLLOWING RESTRICTIONS ARE REQUIRED DUE TO: ALTRV 2 ROPS AIROP DO-1103. WESTBOUND TRAFFIC TO HAWAII FROM CONUS ON ATS ROUTE R576 ESTIMATING DINTY BETWEEN 0945Z AND 1115Z SHOULD FILE MQO C1155 AUDIA DUETS R576. EASTBOUND TRAFFIC FROM HAWAII TO CONUS ON ATS ROUTE R577 ESTIMATING EDSEL BETWEEN 0910Z AND 1045Z SHOULD FILE EDSEL AUDIA C1155 MQO. EASTBOUND TRAFFIC FROM HAWAII TO CONUS ON ATS ROUTE R578 ESTIMATING FOOTS BETWEEN 0930Z AND 1045Z SHOULD FILE FOOTS AUDIA C1155 MQO. WESTBOUND TRAFFIC TO HAWAII FROM CONUS ON ATS ROUTE R578 ESTIMATING FICKY BETWEEN 0930Z AND 1050Z SHOULD FILE MQO C1155 AUDIA DUETS R576. SOUTHWESTBOUND TRAFFIC FROM CONUS TO THE SOUTH PACIFIC VIA C1177 ESTIMATING FICKY BETWEEN 0935Z AND 1050Z SHOULD FILE MQO C1155 AUDIA FOOTS FLIGHT PLAN ROUTE. NORTHEASTBOUND TRAFFIC FROM THE SOUTH PACIFIC TO CONUS VIA C1177 ESTIMATING FICKY BETWEEN 0935Z AND 1045Z SHOULD FILE FLIGHT PLAN ROUTE FOOTS AUDIA C1155 MQO. THE TEMPORARY ROUTES DESCRIBED ABOVE ARE FOR AIRCRAFT EQUIPPED WITH RNP-10 NAVIGATION SYSTEMS OR BETTER. ALL OTHERS SHOULD FLIGHT PLAN TO AVOID THE AIRSPACE NOTAMED FOR ALTRV 2 ROPS AIROP DO-1103 BY AT LEAST 50NM. TIMES LISTED ABOVE ARE BASED ON THE PERFORMANCE OF TURBOJET AIRCRAFT ONLY AND SLOWER AIRCRAFT SHOULD PLAN ACCORDINGLY. QUESTIONS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SUPERVISOR AT 510-745-3332 OR THE OAKLAND ARTCC OCEANIC SUPERVISOR AT 510-745-3342. 0910-1115Z DLY, 23 FEB 09:10 2011 UNTIL 28 FEB 11:15 2011. CREATED: 21 FEB 19:05 2011

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Кликабельно:

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Башни обслуживания нет? Сразу видно - частная лавочка)))

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Извиняюсь, а ссылочки на трансляцию есть?

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О_о! А эта красавица тоже стриптиз показывать будет?  

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Извиняюсь, а ссылочки на трансляцию есть?

Вроде тут http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

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Извиняюсь, а ссылочки на трансляцию есть?

Это ж NASAвский пуск. По NASA TV покажут:

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

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Башни обслуживания нет? Сразу видно - частная лавочка)))

У Минотавра она есть. :wink:

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Glory Mission Page
Glory Mission Science
Glory Offers New View of Perplexing Particles

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О_о! А эта красавица тоже стриптиз показывать будет?  

Вроде уже сняли...

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да, красавица уже обнажилась на подиуме

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Отсчёт остановлен. Проблемы с компьютерами.
Перенос на 24 часа.

Завтра может быть большой космический день - сразу 3 пуска ?

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Да, может получиться так, что все три меньше чем за сутки.

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