BY JUSTIN RAY

Follow the preparations and launch of the Air Force Titan 2 rocket carrying the Coriolis military spacecraft. Reload this page for the very latest on the mission.

Read our earlier Mission Status Center coverage.

Snapshot
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The Titan 2 rocket launches with Coriolis. Photo: Lockheed Martin/Tom Rogers

Flight data file
Vehicle: Titan 2 (G-4)
Payload: Coriolis
Launch date: January 6, 2003
Launch window: 1418-1433 GMT (9:18-9:33 a.m. EST)
Launch site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, California
Satellite broadcast: none

Pre-launch briefing
Launch timeline - Chart with times and descriptions of events to occur during the launch.

Mission preview - Our story giving an overview of the launch.

Titan 2 - Description of the former ICBM missile converted to a space launch vehicle.

Coriolis - General overview of the satellite and its two instruments.


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