Live coverage of a pre-launch news conference on the Atlas/Centaur SOHO mission is presented. George Diller, NASA Public Affairs, introduces the panel. Floyd Curington, NASA Launch Manager, Kennedy Space Center, presents countdown activities. Pat Symons, Launch Vehicle Manager, NASA Lewis Research Center, analyzes the time duration from liftoff to spacecraft separation. Fabrizio Felici, SOHO Mission Director European Space Agency (ESA), explains the important features of SOHO, which includes a payload of 650 kilos and 12 major instruments with multisensors. Ken Sizemore, International Solar Terrestrial Physics (ISTP) Project Manager Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), talks about the successful international collaboration between the ESA and NASA. Joel Tumbiolo, Launch Weather Officer United States Air Force (USAF, presented the weather forecast. SOHO was launched aboard an Atlas II rocket on November 23, 1995. The news conference ends with a brief question and answer period.


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    Titel :

    Atlas/Centaur-SOHO Pre-Launch News Conference


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    22.11.1995


    Medientyp :

    Audiovisuelles Material


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch






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