In a February 11, 2015 announcement, NOAA gave us some good news:
Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite was successfully launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida on February 11, 2015.
NOAA’s DSCOVR satellite launched successfully at 6:03 pm ET on February 11, 2015, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Watch the DSCOVR launch on NASA’s YouTube channel.
Visit www.nesdis.noaa.gov/DSCOVR for more about NOAA’s first deep space mission.
Visit www.nesdis.noaa.gov/DSCOVR for more about NOAA’s first deep space mission.
NOAA’s Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 6:03 p.m. EST on its way to an orbit one million miles from Earth. DSCOVR will give NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) forecasters more reliable measurements of solar wind conditions, improving their ability to monitor potentially harmful solar activity.
Read the entire story on NOAA.gov.
(NOAA & NASA)
