Science and Exploration

DSCOVR Launched

By Keith Cowing
Press Release
February 11, 2015
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DSCOVR Launched
DSCOVR launched on Falcon 9
NASA TV

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying NOAA’s Deep Space Climate Observatory spacecraft, or DSCOVR, lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
DSCOVR is a partnership between NOAA, NASA and the U.S. Air Force, and will maintain the nation’s real-time solar wind monitoring capabilities.

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