Thursday, February 18, 2010

Centaur's Second Burn Coming Up

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:50:05 AM EST

At the time of the Centaur main engine's second burn, known as MES2, the vehicle and spacecraft will be high above the Pacific Ocean northeast of Australia. The burn is expected one hour and 42 minutes into the flight. Data picked up by the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System indicates a healthy SDO spacecraft and a healthy Centaur.