Post by Floyd Looney on Mar 4, 2011 19:16:11 GMT -5
Splash goes the climate satellite!
news.yahoo.com/s/space/20110304/sc_space/rocketcarryingnewnasaclimatesatellitelikelycrashedintopacificocean
This story was updated at 8:58 a.m. ET.
A rocket carrying NASA's newest climate satellite failed to reach orbit today (March 4) and likely crashed into the southern Pacific Ocean after its nose cone failed to separate on time, space agency officials said.
The rocket, a four-stage Taurus XL booster, launched from a seaside pad at California's Vandenberg Air Force Base at about 2:10 a.m. PST (1010 GMT) carrying NASA's $424 million Glory satellite to study Earth's climate.
"We failed to make orbit," NASA launch director Omar Baez told reporters in a somber briefing following the launch failure. "All indications are, the satellite and rocket are in the southern Pacific Ocean somewhere."
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news.yahoo.com/s/space/20110304/sc_space/rocketcarryingnewnasaclimatesatellitelikelycrashedintopacificocean
This story was updated at 8:58 a.m. ET.
A rocket carrying NASA's newest climate satellite failed to reach orbit today (March 4) and likely crashed into the southern Pacific Ocean after its nose cone failed to separate on time, space agency officials said.
The rocket, a four-stage Taurus XL booster, launched from a seaside pad at California's Vandenberg Air Force Base at about 2:10 a.m. PST (1010 GMT) carrying NASA's $424 million Glory satellite to study Earth's climate.
"We failed to make orbit," NASA launch director Omar Baez told reporters in a somber briefing following the launch failure. "All indications are, the satellite and rocket are in the southern Pacific Ocean somewhere."
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