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(Source: Space News)
As it prepares to launch the second satellite in its next-generation missile warning constellation, the U.S. Air Force continues to wrestle with a communications glitch on the first craft, which reached orbit almost two years ago but has yet to begin operations.
Air Force Col. James Planeaux, director of the Infrared Space Systems directorate at the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center in Los Angeles, said March 12 that officials discovered the irregularity with the first dedicated Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) satellite last year. The problem initially appeared intermittently and then resurfaced more frequently during two months of trial testing in fall 2012.
Ouaip :jacobmarley a écrit:Y ' aura t'il une diffusion en live ?
60 minutes from liftoff! Fueling ops are in topping mode, countdown going well and weather is GO
moi non plusjacobmarley a écrit:Pour l'instant j'ai pas d'images moi avec le lien qui est donné.
The 619th launch for Atlas program since 1957
The 329th Atlas to occur from Cape Canaveral
The 208th mission for the Centaur upper stage
The 185th use of Centaur by an Atlas rocket
The 37th launch of an Atlas 5 since 2002
The 58th Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle flight
The 12th Atlas 5 dedicated to the Defense Department
The 31st Atlas 5 to occur from the Cape
The 25th daytime Atlas 5 from the Cape
The 29th Atlas 5 under United Launch Alliance
The 25th 400-series flight of the Atlas 5
The 17th Atlas 5 to fly in the 401 configuration
The fourth SBIRS program launch
The third SBIRS program launch on Atlas 5
The second SBIRS GEO spacecraft
The third Atlas launch of 2013
Just wrapped up the poll to exit the home at T-4 mins. We are GO for launch! #SBIRS #GEO2
T-3:55: Atlas V Ground Pyrotechnic have been enabled