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Battery changeout delays weather satellite launch from California
The launch of a new U.S. weather satellite from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California has been delayed at least four days to Nov. 14, allowing time for technicians to remove and replace a faulty battery on the payload's Delta 2 rocket, United Launch Alliance said Monday.
Polar-orbiting weather satellite joined up with Delta 2 rocket in California
The first in NOAA's new series of polar-orbiting weather satellites has been lifted atop United Launch Alliance's second-to-last Delta 2 rocket on a launch pad in California, ready for encapsulation and final checkouts ahead of a predawn launch set for Nov. 10.
Next-generation weather satellite shipped to launch base in California
A new weather observatory that will track storms across the globe as it orbits from pole to pole has been trucked to its launch site in California for a long-awaited ascent into space this November.
Delta 2 rocket being assembled at Vandenberg for penultimate launch
The next-to-last Delta 2 rocket is being stacked at its California launch site to take flight in January to put a civilian weather satellite into polar orbit.
Environmental testing underway for JPSS 1 launching in January
The next American polar-orbiting weather satellite that will feed long-range forecasts and track environmental trends has slipped into space-like testing ahead of launch.
VideoSMAP observatory unfurls large science antenna structure
Deploying its marquee element in space Tuesday, NASA's new Soil Moisture Active Passive spacecraft took a major step towards realizing its science potential.
Photos: Final batch of SMAP launch shots aboard Delta 2 rocket
"We had a terrific ride into space aboard the United Launch Alliance's Delta 2 vehicle. They deposited us exactly where we wanted to be with with accuracy and precision," said Kent Kellogg, NASA's SMAP project manager.
Photos: Gallery of Delta 2 launch
The United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket lifts off with NASA's SMAP observatory at 6:22 a.m. local time on Saturday, Jan. 31 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
VideoVideo: Highlights of weekend’s Delta 2 launch
The United Launch Alliance flight highlights reel for the Delta 2 rocket and NASA's SMAP observatory from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
Photos: Delta 2 rocket blasts off with SMAP satellite
The United Launch Alliance Delta 2 was launched Saturday at 6:22 a.m. local time with NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) satellite from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.