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Saturday, February 7, 2015

DSCOVR Pre-launch Briefing

From NASA:




Watch live NOAA Satellite and Information Service's Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) briefing at 1 p.m. EST today! http://www.nasa.gov/nasatv

On Sunday, the United States Air Force will launch DSCOVR into orbit around the Lagrange 1 point. NOAA will use DSCOVR to monitor the solar wind and forecast space weather at Earth -- effects from the material and energy from the sun that can impact our satellites and technological infrastructure on Earth. Launch is scheduled for 6:10 p.m. EST; NASA TV coverage begins at 3:30 p.m. Learn more about the mission: http://go.nasa.gov/1BUE09z #EarthRightNow

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