Orbital Sciences Taurus XL Rocket Launches NASA's Glory from Vandenberg AFB

Glory March 4, 2011 - Early Friday Morning 2:09 a.m. (PDT) (UTC−08:00) NASA's Glory spacecraft aboard an Orbital Sciences Taurus XL rocket was about to take off so I Wen't outside to capture this Rocket Launch of a Taurus XL Rocket Carying GLORY (A Satellite on board is to Anlyze Aerosols in the Earths Atmosphere). Sadly though the Faring's containing the payload failed to separate adn resulted in a Mission Failure.

The Orbital Sciences Taurus rocket will launch NASA's Glory Earth observation satellite. Glory will collect data on black carbon and aerosols in the Earth's atmosphere and solar irradiance and its affects on Earth's long-term climate record.


Camera - Sony DCR-SR47 [60X optical Zoom {Tripod {Shivering cold Air would explain the shaking :/

Location - 95.2 Miles from Vandenberg's SLC-576-E Pad. (Camarillo, Ca)

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Science & Technology

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• Glory
• TaurusXL
• OrbitalSciences
• Dryden
• Taurus
• Vandenberg
• California
• Aerosols
• Earth's
• Atmosphere
• climate
• DC-8
• NASA
• GloryObservatory
• Observatory

[putting4bird]

Nice capture and screen captions. Bummer it went awry, were planning on heading up for the June 9th launch of the Delta II. Thanks for the upload.