Posted on Feb 11, 2020
APOD: 2020 February 11 - Launch of the Solar Orbiter
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Good morning, Rallypoint. Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) is titled "Launch of the Solar Orbiter." The Solar Orbiter spacecraft is heading toward our Sun after a late-night launch from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 11:03 p.m. EST this past Sunday (Feb. 9th). This long duration exposure of the launch shows the graceful arc of the United Launch Alliance's Atlas V rocket engines as they lifted the satellite off the Earth. Solar Orbiter is a cooperative mission between the European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA. The launch on Sunday marks the beginning a seven-year mission to study the environment directly surrounding the spacecraft while also observing the Sun, giving scientists a better understanding of how our star affects the space environment throughout the solar system.
APOD: 2020 February 11 - Launch of the Solar Orbiter
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Good morning Maj William W. 'Bill' Price curious to see the information sent back
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artist: Admiral Tibett song: Envious People album: Try To Reach The Top release: 2000 (Heat Wave Records/Brick Wall)
Thank you, my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) for Tuesday, February 11, 2020 entitled "Launch of the Solar Orbiter."
To be honest, I expect Iran is jealous of our ability to launch satellites :)
Image: Launch of the Solar Orbiter - Image Credit & Copyright - Derek Demeter (Emil Buehler Planetarium)
"Explanation: How does weather on the Sun affect humanity? To help find out, the European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA have just launched the Solar Orbiter. This Sun-circling robotic spaceship will monitor the Sun's changing light, solar wind, and magnetic field not only from the usual perspective of Earth but also from above and below the Sun. Pictured, a long duration exposure of the launch of the Solar Orbiter shows the graceful arc of the bright engines of United Launch Alliance's Atlas V rocket as they lifted the satellite off the Earth. Over the next few years, the Solar Orbiter will use the gravity of Earth and Venus to veer out of the plane of the planets and closer to the Sun than Mercury. Violent weather on the Sun, including solar flares and coronal mass ejections, has shown the ability to interfere with power grids on the Earth and communications satellites in Earth orbit. The Solar Orbiter is expected to coordinate observations with the also Sun-orbiting Parker Solar Probe launched in 2018."
Thank you, my friend Maj Marty Hogan for mentioning me,
This song is dedicated to the jealous Iranian scientists and the Ayatollah :-)
Admiral Tibett - Envious People
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SArmB4R2DVQ
FYI Cynthia Croft SPC Margaret Higgins SSG William Jones SSG Michael Noll SSG Robert "Rob" Wentworth SSG Robert Mark Odom Col Carl Whicker CW5 Jack Cardwell Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Lt Col Charlie Brown 1SG (Join to see) 1stSgt Glenn Brackin COL Mikel J. Burroughs SP5 Geoffrey Vannerson SP5 Mark Kuzinski SPC Chris Bayner-Cwik Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. CPT Scott Sharon
To be honest, I expect Iran is jealous of our ability to launch satellites :)
Image: Launch of the Solar Orbiter - Image Credit & Copyright - Derek Demeter (Emil Buehler Planetarium)
"Explanation: How does weather on the Sun affect humanity? To help find out, the European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA have just launched the Solar Orbiter. This Sun-circling robotic spaceship will monitor the Sun's changing light, solar wind, and magnetic field not only from the usual perspective of Earth but also from above and below the Sun. Pictured, a long duration exposure of the launch of the Solar Orbiter shows the graceful arc of the bright engines of United Launch Alliance's Atlas V rocket as they lifted the satellite off the Earth. Over the next few years, the Solar Orbiter will use the gravity of Earth and Venus to veer out of the plane of the planets and closer to the Sun than Mercury. Violent weather on the Sun, including solar flares and coronal mass ejections, has shown the ability to interfere with power grids on the Earth and communications satellites in Earth orbit. The Solar Orbiter is expected to coordinate observations with the also Sun-orbiting Parker Solar Probe launched in 2018."
Thank you, my friend Maj Marty Hogan for mentioning me,
This song is dedicated to the jealous Iranian scientists and the Ayatollah :-)
Admiral Tibett - Envious People
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SArmB4R2DVQ
FYI Cynthia Croft SPC Margaret Higgins SSG William Jones SSG Michael Noll SSG Robert "Rob" Wentworth SSG Robert Mark Odom Col Carl Whicker CW5 Jack Cardwell Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Lt Col Charlie Brown 1SG (Join to see) 1stSgt Glenn Brackin COL Mikel J. Burroughs SP5 Geoffrey Vannerson SP5 Mark Kuzinski SPC Chris Bayner-Cwik Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. CPT Scott Sharon
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