Ay, Ulusal Okyanus ve Atmosfer İdaresi (NOAA) için bir dizi kutup yörüngesindeki hava durumu uydularının üçüncüsünün başarılı bir şekilde fırlatılması ve 10 Kasım’da Şişirilebilir Bir Yavaşlatıcının (LOFTID) Alçak Dünya Yörüngesinde Uçuş Testi için çarpıcı bir zemin oluşturuyor. Kaliforniya’daki Vandenberg Uzay Kuvvetleri Üssü’nden 04:49 EST’de. Bir United Launch Alliance Atlas V roketi, Ortak Polar Uydu Sistemi (JPSS)-2 ve LOFTID’yi taşıdı. Kredi bilgileri: United Launch Alliance
Geçen hafta NOAA’nın Ortak Polar Uydu Sistemi-2 (JPSS-2) uydusu,[{” attribute=””>NASA’s LOFTID technology demonstration along for the ride, lifted off from Space Launch Complex-3 at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Powered by 860,000 pounds of thrust from the United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 rocket’s RD-180 engine, the launch that occurred at 1:49 a.m. PST on November 10. It resulted in some stunning photographs captured by NASA, United Launch Alliance, and the United States Space Force, as can be seen below.
JPSS-2 will circle the globe 14 times a day 512 miles above Earth, providing forecasters the benefit of three polar-orbiting satellites operating simultaneously, joining its predecessors Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) and NOAA-20.
Following JPSS-2’s deployment, the LOFTID heat shield autonomously inflated and re-entered Earth’s atmosphere, splashing down about 500 miles off the coast of Hawaii just over two hours and ten minutes after launch.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Joint Polar Satellite System-2 (JPSS-2) satellite with NASA’s Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator (LOFTID) as a secondary payload, stand ready to lift off atop a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex-3 at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on November 10. Credit: NASA/Liz Wilk
The Mobile Service Tower rolls back from the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS)-2 civilian polar-orbiting weather satellite for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and NASA’s Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator (LOFTID) from Space Launch Complex-3 at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. Credit: United Launch Alliance
Credit: United Launch Alliance
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS)-2 civilian polar-orbiting weather satellite for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and NASA’s Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator (LOFTID) lifts off from Space Launch Complex-3 on November 10 at 1:49 a.m. PST. Credit: United Launch Alliance
Credit: United Launch Alliance
Credit: United Launch Alliance
Credit: United Launch Alliance
Credit: USSF 30th Space Wing/Joe Davila
Credit: USSF 30th Space Wing/Joe Davila
Credit: United Launch Alliance
Credit: United Launch Alliance
Credit: United Launch Alliance
Credit: NASA/Randy Beaudoin
Fırlatma, JPSS-2 uzay aracı ayırma, LOFTID şişirme, LOFTID döndürme ve uzay aracı ayırma ve LOFTID sıçrama içeren JPSS-2/LOFTID izole edilmiş görünümler. Kredi bilgileri: NASA
