Glory Glory
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Version of the Leostar bus for the failed NASA Glory climate mission.
Status: Operational 2011. First Launch: 2011年03月04日. Last Launch: 2011年03月04日. Number: 1 .
Family:
Earth.
Country:
USA.
Launch Vehicles:
Taurus,
Taurus 3110.
Launch Sites:
Vandenberg 576E.
2011 March 4 - .
10:09 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Vandenberg.
Launch Complex:
Vandenberg 576E.
LV Family:
Taurus.
Launch Vehicle:
Taurus 3110.
FAILURE: Fairing failed to separate..
- Glory - .
Mass: 545 kg (1,201 lb). Nation: USA.
Class: Earth.
Type: Weather satellite. Spacecraft: Leostar-1.
Second failure of this vehicle in a row due to fairing not separating. NASA satellite that would have used an aerosol polarimetry sensor (APS) to provide a global map of aerosol particulates (soot and sulphates) to help calibrate climate change models..
