NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Presenter #1 - Omar Baez, NASA Launch Director / NASA Launch Manager, KSC

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Presenter #2 - Kris Walsh, Boeing Program Manager

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Presenter #3 - Nicholas Chrissotimos, Project Manager, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center


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Image #1: Stereo will take 3-d images of the sun and track CME



Image/animation above: Animation of STEREO observing a CME blowing past. Click to view animation. + High resolution still Credit: NASA



Image (2) above: First contact with the observatories will take place about 9 minutes and 14 minutes after spacecraft separation for "A" and "B" respectively, over Canberra, Australia. + High resolution image Credit: NASA.



Image #3 (left): The twin STEREO observatories will ride into space aboard a single launch vehicle. They will separate shortly after launch. Click image to view animation. + High resolution image Credit: NASA/JHU Applied Physics Lab. Image #4: Artist's concept depicting STEREO spacecraft panels being deployed shortly after launch. Click image to view animation. + High resolution image Credit: NASA/JHU Applied Physics Lab.

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Presenter #4 - Ed Reynolds, STEREO Project Manager, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL)


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Image #1 (left):Engineers at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), in Laurel, Md., work on the twin STEREO observatories during integration and test efforts. The Laboratory designed and built the spacecraft and will operate the twin observatories for NASA during the mission. + High resolution image Credit: NASA/JHU Applied Physics Lab. Image #2 (right): With the twin STEREO spacecraft stacked in their launch configuration, STEREO engineers make final checks prior to vibration tests at APL. During vibration tests, which simulate the ride into space the observatories will encounter aboard the Delta II launch vehicle, engineers use a large "shake" table to check the structural integrity of the twin spacecraft prior to launch. Credit: NASA/JHU Applied Physics Lab + High resolution image Credit: NASA/JHU Applied Physics Lab.

 

Image #3 (left): Left graphic shows orbits of the "Ahead" (blue) and "Behind" (red) observatories relative to the Earth's orbit (green). "Ahead's" elliptical orbit fits inside Earth's orbit and transits around the sun faster than Earth; "Behind's" is larger than Earth's orbit and transits around the sun more slowly. The "B" spacecraft swings by the moon twice ("S1" and "S2") and "A" swings by one time ("S1") to get into its orbit. Click here to see related animations. + High resolution image Credit: NASA/JHU Applied Physics Lab. Image #4 (right): Mission operations personnel at APL conduct a pre-launch simulation. + High resolution image Credit: NASA/JHU Applied Physics Lab

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Presenter #5 - Joe Tumbiolo, US Air Force Delta II Launch Weather Officer

Rani Gran
Goddard Space Flight Center