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Date: ** (under assessment)
Mission:
GLAST
Launch Vehicle:
United Launch Alliance
Delta II
Launch Site:
Cape Canaveral Air Force
Station - Launch
Complex 17 - Pad 17-B
Description: An
heir to its successful
predecessor -- the
Compton Gamma Ray
Observatory -- the
Gamma-ray Large Area
Space Telescope will
have the ability to
detect gamma rays in a
range of energies from
thousands to hundreds of
billions of times more
energetic than the light
visible to the human
eye. Radiation of such
magnitude can only be
generated under the most
extreme conditions, thus
GLAST will focus on
studying the most
energetic objects and
phenomena in the
universe.
Date: May 31 +
Mission:
STS-124
Launch Vehicle:
Space Shuttle Discovery
Launch Site:
Kennedy Space Center
- Launch Pad 39A
Launch Time:
5:02 p.m. EDT
Description:
Space shuttle Discovery
on mission STS-124 will
transport the Kibo
Japanese Experiment
Module - Pressurized
Module (JEM-PM) and the
Japanese Remote
Manipulator System (JEM-RMS)
to the International
Space Station.
Date: June 15
Mission:
OSTM
Launch Vehicle:
United Launch Alliance
Delta II
Launch Site:
Vandenberg Air Force
Base - Launch Pad
SLC-2
Launch Window:
1:47 - 1:56 a.m.
PDT/4:47 - 4:56 a.m. EDT
Description: The
Ocean Surface Topography
Mission on the Jason-2
satellite will be a
follow-on to the Jason
mission.
Date: Aug. 9 *
Mission:
IBEX
Launch Vehicle:
Orbital Sciences Pegasus
XL Rocket
Launch Site:
Reagan Test Site,
Kwajalein Atoll
Description:
IBEX's science objective
is to discover the
global interaction
between the solar wind
and the interstellar
medium and will achieve
this objective by taking
a set of global
energetic neutral atom
images that will answer
four fundamental science
questions.
Date: Aug. 28 +
Mission:
STS-125
Launch Vehicle:
Space Shuttle Atlantis
Launch Site:
Kennedy Space Center -
Launch Pad 39A
Description:
Space Shuttle Atlantis
will fly seven
astronauts into space
for the fifth and final
servicing mission to the
Hubble Space Telescope.
During the 11-day
flight, the crew will
repair and improve the
observatory's
capabilities through
2013.
Date: Sept. 14 +
Mission: TacSat-3
Launch Vehicle:
Orbital Sciences
Minotaur Rocket
Launch Site:
Wallops Flight Facility
- Goddard Space Flight
Center
Description: NASA
will support the Air
Force launch of the
TacSat-3 satellite,
managed by the Air Force
Research Laboratory's
Space Vehicles
Directorate. TacSat-3
will demonstrate the
capability to furnish
real-time data to the
combatant commander.
NASA Ames will fly a
microsat and NASA
Wallops will fly the
CubeSats on this flight
in addition to providing
the launch range.
Date: Oct. 16 +
Mission: STS-126
Launch Vehicle:
Space Shuttle Endeavour
Launch Site:
Kennedy Space Center -
Launch Pad 39A
Description:
Space Shuttle Endeavour
launching on assembly
flight ULF2, will
deliver a Multi-Purpose
Logistics Module to the
International Space
Station.
Date: Oct. 28
Mission:
LRO/
LCROSS
Launch Vehicle:
United Launch Alliance
Atlas V
Launch Site:
Cape Canaveral Air Force
Station - Launch
Complex 41
Description: The
mission objectives of
the Lunar Crater
Observation and Sensing
Satellite are to advance
the Vision for Space
Exploration by
confirming the presence
or absence of water ice
in a permanently
shadowed crater at
either the Moon's North
or South Pole.
Date: Nov. 5
Mission: GOES-O
Launch Vehicle:
United Launch Alliance
Delta IV
Launch Site:
Cape Canaveral Air Force
Station - Launch
Complex 17
Description: NASA
and the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA)
are actively engaged in
a cooperative program,
the multimission
Geostationary
Operational
Environmental Satellite
series N-P. This series
will be a vital
contributor to weather,
solar and space
operations, and science.
Date: Dec. 1 *
Mission:
SDO
Launch Vehicle:
United Launch Alliance
Atlas V
Launch Site:
Cape Canaveral Air Force
Station - Launch
Complex 41
Description: The
first Space Weather
Research Network mission
in the Living With a
Star (LWS) Program of
NASA.
Date: Dec. 4 +
Mission: STS-119
Launch Vehicle:
Space Shuttle Discovery
Launch Site:
Kennedy Space Center -
Launch Pad 39A
Description:
Space Shuttle Discovery
launching on assembly
flight 15A, will deliver
the fourth starboard
truss segment to the
International Space
Station.
Date: Dec. 15
Mission:
OCO
Launch Vehicle:
Orbital Sciences Taurus
Rocket
Launch Site:
Vandenberg Air Force
Base - Launch Pad
SLC 576-E
Description: The
Orbiting Carbon
Observatory is a new
Earth orbiting mission
sponsored by NASA's
Earth System Science
Pathfinder Program.
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Date: Feb. 1
Mission:
NOAA-N Prime
Launch Vehicle:
United Launch Alliance
Delta II
Launch Site:
Vandenberg Air Force
Base - Launch Pad
SLC-2
Description:
NOAA-N Prime is the
latest polar-orbiting
satellite developed by
NASA/Goddard Spaceflight
Center for the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA).
NOAA uses two
satellites, a morning
and afternoon satellite,
to ensure every part of
the Earth is observed at
least twice every 12
hours. NOAA-N will
collect information
about Earth's atmosphere
and environment to
improve weather
prediction and climate
research across the
globe.
Date: Feb. 16
Mission:
Kepler
Launch Vehicle:
United Launch Alliance
Delta II
Launch Site:
Cape Canaveral Air Force
Station - Launch
Complex 17 - Pad 17-B
Description: The
Kepler Mission, a NASA
Discovery mission, is
specifically designed to
survey our region of the
Milky Way galaxy to
detect and characterize
hundreds of Earth-size
and smaller planets in
or near the habitable
zone.
Date: March 1
Mission:
Glory
Launch Vehicle:
Orbital Sciences Taurus
Rocket
Launch Site:
Vandenberg Air Force
Base - Launch Pad
SLC 576-E
Description: The
Glory Mission will help
increase our
understanding of the
Earth's energy balance
by collecting data on
the properties of
aerosols and black
carbon in the Earth's
atmosphere and how the
Sun's irradiance affects
the Earth's climate.
