This upcoming Friday Morning (4-21) NASA is scheduled to launch CALIPSO and CloudSat spacecrafts for NASA on a Boeing Delta II rocket (7420 configuration) from SLC-2W Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.
Launch is scheduled at 6:02 a.m. EDT. CloudSat and CALIPSO mission will provide a new, 3-D perspective on Earth's clouds and airborne particles called aerosols. CloudSat's cloud-profiling radar is more than 1,000 times more sensitive than typical weather radar. It can detect clouds and distinguish between cloud particles and precipitation. The Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) polarization lidar instrument can detect aerosol particles and can distinguish between aerosol and cloud particles. Both satellites, once launched will be in a 438-mile circular, sun-synchronous polar orbit, flying in formation 15 seconds apart as members of NASA's "A-Train" constellation with three other Earth Observing System satellites. The A-Train includes NASA's Aqua and Aura satellites and France's PARASOL satellite. CALIPSO satellite separation occurs approximately 62 minutes after liftoff, and CloudSat will separate approximately 97 minutes after liftoff. *This is the first launch of a Delta rocket since the labor strike grounded the Delta fleet last fall. Broadcast coverage: NASA TV MPEG2 available on AMC-6 at 72° W, transponder 17C (4040 V) SR: 26665 VPID: 273 APID: 276 PCR: 273 NASA TV MPEG2 available on AMC-7 at 137° W, transponder 18 (4060 V) SR: 26665 VPID: 273 APID: 276 PCR: 273 Broadcast coverage starts at 4 a.m. EDT. Don't have a dish? Webcast is available at: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/ Additional coverage at: http://www.spaceflightnow.com/delta/d314a/status.html http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/launches/next_launch.html http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cloudsat/main/index.html -- Dishnut-P ==================================================================== Operator of RadioFree Dishnuts - Producer of The Dishnut News heard Saturdays at 10pm EST. on RFD, W0KIE Satellite Radio Network IA-6 (T6) Transponder 1 / 6.2 & 6.8Mhz (4DTV T6-999) WTND-LP 106.3, and many micro LPFM stations. http://dishnuts.net RFD Listen Links: http://dishnuts.net/#Listen Show Archives: (Partly Up) http://dishnuts.net/archive/ Sat subcarrier and net streaming audio programming and locations: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BROADCASTFINDER/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TVRO/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
