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SIRTF launch timeline SPACEFLIGHT NOW Updated: August 22, 2003
Data source: Boeing. |
Flight Data File Vehicle: Delta 2 (7920-Heavy) Payload: SIRTF Launch date: August 25, 2003 Launch window: 1:35:39 a.m. EDT (0535:39 GMT) Launch site: SLC-17B, Cape Canaveral, Florida Satellite broadcast: AMC 9, Transponder 9, C-band Pre-launch briefing Launch timeline - Chart with times and descriptions of events to occur during the launch. Ground track - See the trajectory the rocket will follow during its flight. SIRTF spacecraft - A technical look at the Space Infrared Telescope Facility. Telescope - Description of SIRTF telescope and three cryogenically cooled science instruments. Science goals - A look at the mission objectives for SIRTF. Other IR observatories - Past and future infrared missions. Delta 2 rocket - Overview of the Delta 2 Heavy-model rocket used in this launch. SLC-17 - The launch complex where Delta rockets fly from Cape Canaveral. Delta directory - See our coverage of previous Delta rocket flights. Columbia Report A reproduction of the official accident investigation report into the loss of the space shuttle Columbia and its crew of seven. U.S. - U.K. - E.U. - Worldwide Mars Panorama DISCOUNTED! This 360 degree image was taken by the Mars Pathfinder, which landed on the Red Planet in July 1997. The Sojourner Rover is visible in the image. U.S. Apollo 11 Mission Report Apollo 11 - The NASA Mission Reports Vol. 3 is the first comprehensive study of man's first mission to another world is revealed in all of its startling complexity. Includes DVD!U.S. - U.K. - E.U. - Worldwide Rocket DVD If you've ever watched a launch from Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Vandenberg Air Force Base or even Kodiak Island Alaska, there's no better way to describe what you witnessed than with this DVD.U.S. - U.K. - E.U. - Worldwide |
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