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[Source: NASA Press Release 11-050, http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2011/mar/HQ_11-050_N0_Glory.html ]
WASHINGTON -- NASA's Glory mission launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California Friday at 5:09:45 a.m. EST failed to reach orbit.
Telemetry indicated the fairing, the protective shell atop the Taurus XL rocket, did not separate as expected about three minutes after launch.
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[Source: Glory Science Home Page, http://glory.giss.nasa.gov/ ]
Glory is a remote-sensing Earth-orbiting observatory designed to achieve two separate mission objectives. One is to collect data on the chemical, microphysical, and optical properties, and spatial and temporal distributions of aerosols. The other is to continue collection of total solar irradiance data for the long-term climate record.
The Glory mission's scientific objectives are met by implementing two separate science instruments, one with the ability to collect polarimetric measurements along the satellite ground track within the solar reflective spectral region (0.4 to 2.4 micrometers) and one with the ability to monitor changes in sunlight incident on the Earth's atmosphere by collecting high accuracy, high precision measurements of total solar irradiance. Glory accomplishes these objectives by deploying two instruments aboard a low earth orbit satellite, the Aerosol Polarimetry Sensor (APS) and the Total Irradiance Monitor (TIM). Additionally, a cloud camera system will provide images that allow the APS scans along the spacecraft ground track to be put into spatial context and to facilitate determination of cloud occurrence within the APS instantaneous field of view.
Group: Platform_Details
Entry_ID: GLORY
Group: Platform_Identification
Platform_Category: Earth Observation Satellites
Short_Name: GLORY
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Group: Platform_Associated_Instruments
Short_Name: TIM
Short_Name: CC GLORY
Short_Name: APS GLORY
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Group: Orbit
Orbit_Altitude: 705 km +/- 30 km
Orbit_Inclination: 98.2 Degrees +/- 0.15 Degrees
Equator_Crossing: 1:35 p.m.
Period: 99 Minutes
Repeat_Cycle: 16 Days
Orbit_Type: LEO > Low Earth Orbit > Polar Sun-Synchronous
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Creation_Date: 2007-11-09
Online_Resource: http://glory.giss.nasa.gov/
Online_Resource: http://glory.gsfc.nasa.gov/
Sample_Image: http://glory.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/gloryinorbit-s.jpg
Group: Platform_Logistics
Launch_Date: 2011-03-04
Launch_Site: VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, USA
Design_Life: + 3 years; 5 year goal
Primary_Sponsor: USA/NASA
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