White Sands Missile Range has notified the EVE team that their calibration rocket is now delayed. The team will safe the payload and return to Boulder to await a new launch date.
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
SDO/EVE calibration rocket scrubbed for today
From the EVE team on status of the SDO/EVE underflight calibration rocket for today:
(Updated March 23, 3:00pm ET): Launch has been rescheduled for Wednesday, March 2
You can keep track of the status at the LASP Rocket website.
"Winds aloft have been steady and have been in red condition since getting here. WSMR has scrubbed the launch for today. Backup dates being discussed (Friday Feb 25 and Wednesday Mar 2 seem to be candidates at this time)."
(Updated March 23, 3:00pm ET): Launch has been rescheduled for Wednesday, March 2
You can keep track of the status at the LASP Rocket website.
Go or no go?
The EVE calibration payload is ready to go, but what will the weather do?
NASA sounding rocket 36.275 is scheduled to launch today (February 23, 2011) from the White Sands Missile Range (WSMR). The launch window is from 11:20-11:50 MST, but the forecast as of yesterday afternoon indicated that wind may be an issue. We hope the weather will cooperate, but if the wind is too severe, the launch will have to slip to a backup date.
We wish the best to the EVE team! More information is at the LASP Rocket webpage.
Monday, February 21, 2011
AIA Images are Delayed in Processing
As of 10:00 am ET this morning the AIA images are about 15 hours delayed. The problems with the ground processing software have been corrected and the AIA data is being transferred to the JSOC in a FIFO queue. This means the earlier data is being sent before today's data. All science data has been captured from the instrument. HMI and EVE data are current at this time.
Solar storms and space weather were a feature at this year's meeting of the AAAS in Washington, DC. Story (including an AIA image) is at Space.com.
Sunday, February 20, 2011
SDO Calibration Rocket, February 23, 2011
The next launch of our EVE calibration payload is on NASA sounding rocket 36.275 planned for February 23, 2011 from the White Sands Missile Range (WSMR). This flight will provide the second underflight calibration for the SDO EUV Variability Experiment (EVE) instrument. The first calibration rocket flew on May 3, 2010 (NASA 36.258, the Black Brant rocket is shown "on the rail" at left).
The launch window is from 11:20-11:50 MST. This is near local noon to minimize the atmospheric absorption of the solar EUV radiation observed during the rocket flight. Unlike the TIMED rockets, where SEE had to also be turned on, EVE is taking data all the time.
More information is at the LASP Rocket webpage.
Due to security regulations, we cannot provide realtime coverage of the launch.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Astronomy Picture of the Day
The X Class Flare observed by SDO is the Astronomy Picture of the Day. view the APOD here
Read more about the Valentine's Day Solar Flare:
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Highlights from SDO's First Anniversary
Check out the video that was shown during SDO's First Anniversary Party on 2/14/2011. The video is in the SDO Gallery or follow this link.
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