The Canadian Space Agency’s Scientific Satellite Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment (SCISAT-1) is scheduled to launch on Tuesday, August 12, between 10:05 and 11:02 p.m. EDT.<\/p>\n
An L-1011 jet aircraft will take off from Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB), Calif., carrying the Pegasus XL vehicle that will launch SCISAT-1 into space. The L-1011 will drop the Pegasus, and its 330-pound spacecraft, over the Pacific Ocean, approximately 100 miles west of VAFB, at approximately 10:10 p.m. EDT. The SCISAT-1 mission will provide scientists with improved measurements of the chemical processes that control the distribution of ozone in Earth’s atmosphere, particularly at high latitudes. The SCISAT spacecraft will enter a 400-mile-high polar orbit at an inclination of 73.9 degrees.<\/p>\n
The prelaunch press conference will be at the NASA-KSC Resident Office at VAFB and carried live on NASA Television Monday, August 11, at 4 p.m. EDT. Two-way question and answer capability will be available from NASA Headquarters, Washington; Kennedy Space Center, Fla.; and Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.<\/p>\n
Participants in the pre-launch news conference include:
\n— Charles Dovale, NASA launch director, Kennedy Space Center
\n— Bryan Baldwin, Pegasus Launch Vehicle program manager, Orbital Sciences Corp.
\n— SCISAT project manager, Canadian Space Agency
\n— Glen Rumbold, SCISAT mission scientist, Canadian Space Agency
\n— Launch weather officer, USAF 30th Weather Squadron, VAFB <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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