Night Launch
Posted: March 8, 2007 7:06 am
Another night laucnh is scheduled for tonight. Should be visible up and down the coast.
Event: Atlas 5 • STP-1
Date: 3/8/2007
Time: 9:37:00 PM EST
Details: The Lockheed Martin Atlas 5 rocket (AV-013) will carry six satellites during a complex launch of the Air Force's Space Test Program-1 mission. The payload list is led by the Orbital Express in-space refueling demonstration mission consisting of the Autonomous Space Transfer and Robotic Orbiter, or ASTRO, prototype servicing satellite and the NextSat serviceable spacecraft. Atlas will deploy four auxiliary satellites from the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Secondary Payload Adapter, or ESPA ring, including MidSTAR 1, FalconSat 3, STPSat 1 and CFESat
Event: Atlas 5 • STP-1
Date: 3/8/2007
Time: 9:37:00 PM EST
Details: The Lockheed Martin Atlas 5 rocket (AV-013) will carry six satellites during a complex launch of the Air Force's Space Test Program-1 mission. The payload list is led by the Orbital Express in-space refueling demonstration mission consisting of the Autonomous Space Transfer and Robotic Orbiter, or ASTRO, prototype servicing satellite and the NextSat serviceable spacecraft. Atlas will deploy four auxiliary satellites from the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Secondary Payload Adapter, or ESPA ring, including MidSTAR 1, FalconSat 3, STPSat 1 and CFESat