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Deep Space 1 Successfully Launched
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- From: Ron Baalke <BAALKE@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov>
- Date: Sat, 24 Oct 1998 18:37:30 GMT
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MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE
JET PROPULSION LABORATORY
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
PASADENA, CALIF. 91109 TELEPHONE (818) 354-5011
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DEEP SPACE 1 MISSION STATUS
October 24, 1998
Deep Space 1, the first spacecraft in NASA's New Millennium
Program of missions to flight-test new technologies, blasted
into space at 8:08 a.m. Eastern time today from Cape Canaveral
Air Station, FL.
Deep Space 1 separated from the Delta II launch vehicle
about 550 kilometers (345 miles) above the Indian Ocean and was
sent on its way to test 12 technologies in coming months. The
spacecraft is on a trajectory to fly by asteroid 1992 KD in July
1999, allowing further validation of two science instruments.
All critical spacecraft systems, such as power, temperature
and attitude control were performing well, the spacecraft team
reported from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA. Two
technologies -- large solar arrays and a new radio
transmitter/receiver -- were validated within the first two
hours after launch. "The Deep Space 1 spacecraft is in fine
health and is ready to begin its mission of technology
validation," said Deputy Mission Manager Dr. Marc Rayman at JPL.
Telemetry was received from the spacecraft through NASA's
Deep Space Network at 1 hour, 37 minutes after launch, and 13
minutes later it was determined that the spacecraft's two solar
arrays had been deployed. A key new technology, the spacecraft's
ion engine, will be tested for the first time in approximately
two weeks.
The New Millennium Program is designed to test new
technologies so that they can be confidently used on science
missions of the 21st century.
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