NOAA-N Prime Launch To Light Up Early Morning Sky

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Vandenberg AFB CA (SPX) Feb 04, 2009
Final launch operations will get under way late this afternoon in California. The loading of RP-1 fuel into the Delta II rocket's first stage is set to begin at 6:30 p.m. EST with tower rollback following at 8:30 p.m. Call to stations for the launch team will be at 2 a.m.

The weather forecast is generally favorable for launch, but becoming less favorable for a launch attempt the following day due to an approaching low pressure system.

Follow the final hours of the countdown beginning at 3 a.m. EST through the NASA Launch Blog and NASA TV (see links below).

The NOAA-N Prime Mission
The NOAA-N Prime satellite, built for NASA by Lockheed Martin, will improve weather forecasting and monitor environmental events around the world. NOAA-N Prime is the fifth and last in the current series of five polar-orbiting satellites with improved imaging and sounding capabilities.

The satellite will collect meteorological data and transmit the information to NOAA's Satellite and Information Service, which processes the data for input to the National Weather Service for its long-range weather and climate forecasts. Forecasters worldwide also will be able to access the satellite's images and data.

NOAA-N Prime has sensors that will be used in the Search and Rescue Satellite-Aided Tracking System to monitor for distress signals around the world.

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New Research Aircraft HALO Lands At Home Airport

Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany (SPX) Feb 03, 2009
HALO - High Altitude and Long Range Research Aircraft - the latest member in the research fleet of the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) landed at Oberpfaffenhofen research airport on 24 January 2009. The aircraft, a Gulfstream G550, has been converted into one of the world's most state-of-the-art research aircraft for climate and atmospheric research.

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