On Oct 26 between 0:38 to 0:53 UTC, a delta 2 rocket will lift off, with 2 spacecraft going into orbit around the sun. They will use the moon, to adjust there trajectory, so that one spacecraft ends up leading the earth, and the other following the earth, as earth orbits the sun. The spacecraft are called stereo Media Kit on Launch http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/space/delta/delta2/stereo/index.html Stereo Mission websites http://www.stereo.jhuapl.edu/ http://stereo.gsfc.nasa.gov/ Kevin __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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