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News: NASA Set to Launch Aura Satellite on July 10
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Posted by: Jas Batra on Thursday, July 01, 2004 - 12:04 AM PST |
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Ventura, CA - NASA's Aura spacecraft, a next-generation Earth-observing satellite that will supply the most complete information to date on the health of the Earth's atmosphere, is scheduled for launch Saturday, July 10...
Liftoff will occur aboard a Boeing Delta II rocket at approximately 6:01:57 a.m. EDT (3:01:57 a.m. PDT) at the opening of a three-minute launch window. Spacecraft separation from the launch vehicle will occur one hour and four minutes later. Launch will be from NASA's Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) in Southern California.
Aura is part of the Earth Observing System (EOS), a program dedicated to monitoring the complex interactions that affect the globe using NASA satellites and data systems. The spacecraft is specifically designed to answer three basic questions about our atmosphere;
- Is the ozone layer recovering?
- Is air quality getting worse?
- How is Earth's climate changing?
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