Thursday, August 30, 2012

NASA Space Weather: RBSP Successful Launch Today



The countdown was holding at the T-4 minute mark for 25 minutes but the launch went ahead as planned.

The Atlas V first stage and Centaur upper stage had been fueled for the planned launch at 4:05 a.m. EDT of NASA’s Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP). 

The Atlas V burns refined kerosene fuel, known as RP-1, mixed with liquid oxygen.

There are no technical problems and weather has improved to 90 percent “go.”

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