Successful Delta II launch carries satellites

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — Vandenberg AFB launched a Delta II rocket today carrying NASA’s Earth Observing 1 satellite, Argentina’s SAC-C satellite and a satellite named Munin that was developed in Sweden. The rocket was launched from the base’s Space Launch Complex-2.
 
The launch is the result of a combined effort by the 30th Space Wing, Boeing, NASA and the Argentine Commission on Space Activities.
 
NASA’s Earth Observing 1 satellite focuses on the development and testing of a set of advanced technology land imaging instruments. Also aboard the Delta II is the SAC-C spacecraft, an international mission to study the structure and dynamics of the Earth’s atmosphere, ionosphere and geomagnetic field. Munin is designed to report on auroral activity in the northern and southern hemispheres.
 
Information about the Delta II rocket is available on-line at
    http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/space/delta/deltahome.htm
 
To learn more about EO-1 on the Internet, visit
    www.gsfc.nasa.gov/gsfc/earth/eo1/eo.html
 
Information on SAC-C is available on-line at
    www.conae.gov.ar/sac-c