SpaceX\’s Falcon 1 launch vehicle just completed its second successful launch. Falcon 1 carried RazakSAT, a Malaysian Earth Observing satellite, into orbit.
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The Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission, which is the second Earth Explorer Opportunity mission to be developed as part of ESA’s Living Planet Program, will provide global maps of moisture over the Earth’s landmasses and salinity over the oceans. These observations will improve our understanding of hydrology and ocean circulation patterns.
On June 27, 2009, 6:51 PM EDT, the GOES-O weather satellite launched aboard a Delta IV launch vehicle from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. GOES-O became GOES-14 on July 7, 2009, when it reached its planed geostationary orbit (35,900 km).
On July 1, 2009, an Ariane 5 ECA lifted off from Kourou, French Guiana. The 45th mission of an Ariane 5 carried on orbit the TerreSat-1 satellite, which was the heaviest commercial satellite ever launched.
NASA’s return to the Moon requires careful preparation. Finding safe landing sites, locating potential resources, and taking measurements of the radiation environment are some of the tasks the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft will perform while in lunar orbit. LRO is an unmanned mission that will create a comprehensive atlas of the moon’s surface and resources.
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