Friday, 29 August 2014

Launch Schedule of nasa



NASA's Consolidated Launch Schedule
 
NASA's Launch Schedule features the planned dates and details for missions by NASA and the partner nations in the International Space Station Program, including Russia, European Space Agency and Japan. To learn more about how the schedule is arranged and what it includes, check out Launch Schedule 101.





2012 Launches


Date: Aug. 23
Mission: Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP)
Launch Vehicle: Atlas V-401
Launch Site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
Launch Pad: Space Launch Complex 41
Launch Time: 4:08 a.m. EDT
Description: The Radiation Belt Storm Probes mission will help us understand the Sun's influence on Earth and Near-Earth space by studying the Earth's radiation belts on various scales of space and time.

Date: (U/R)
Mission: Orbital Sciences Corporation
Launch Vehicle: Antares
Launch Site: Wallops Flight Facility
Launch Pad: 0A
Description: The Antares is scheduled for a test flight under NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services agreement with the company.

Date: October +
Mission: SpaceX-1 Commercial Resupply Services flight
Launch Vehicle: Falcon 9
Launch Site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
Launch Pad: Space Launch Complex 40
Description: SpaceX-1 will be the first commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station by Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX).

Date: Oct. 15
Assembly Flight: 32S
Mission: Expedition 33/34
Launch Vehicle: Soyuz TMA-06M
Launch Site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Description: Soyuz TMA-06M will carry three Expedition 33/34 crew members to the International Space Station.

Date: Nov. 1
Launch Vehicle: ISS Progress 49
Launch Site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Description: Progress 49 will carry supplies, hardware, fuel and water to the International Space Station.

Date: Dec. 5
Assembly Flight: 33S
Mission: Expedition 34/35
Launch Vehicle: Soyuz TMA-07M
Launch Site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Description: Soyuz TMA-07M will carry three Expedition 34/35 crew members to the International Space Station.

Date: Dec. 6
Mission: Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-K (TDRS-K)
Launch Vehicle: Atlas V
Launch Site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
Launch Pad: Space Launch Complex 41
Launch Window: 12:29 - 1:09 a.m. EST
Description: The TDRS-K spacecraft is part of the next-generation series in the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System, a constellation of space-based communication satellites providing tracking, telemetry, command and high-bandwidth data return services.

Date: (U/R)
Mission: Orbital Sciences Corporation
Launch Vehicle: Antares/Cygnus
Launch Site: Wallops Flight Facility
Launch Pad: 0A
Description: The Cygnus spacecraft is scheduled for a demonstration flight on an Orbital Antares launch vehicle under NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services agreement with the company. Cygnus will make an attempt to rendezvous and berth with the International Space Station.

Date: Dec. 15
Mission: SpaceX-2 Commercial Resupply Services flight
Launch Vehicle: Falcon 9
Launch Site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
Launch Pad: Space Launch Complex 40
Description: SpaceX-2 will be the second commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station by Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX).


2013 Launches


Date: Jan. 22 
Mission: Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS)
Launch Vehicle: Pegasus XL
Launch Site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
Description: IRIS is designed to provide significant new information to increase our understanding of energy transport into the corona and solar wind and provide an archetype for all stellar atmospheres.

Date: Feb. 11
Mission: The Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM)
Launch Vehicle: Atlas V-401
Launch Site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
Description: The Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) is the future of Landsat satellites. It will continue to obtain valuable data and imagery to be used in agriculture, education, business, science, and government.

Date: March +
Assembly Flight: 34S
Mission: Expedition 35/36
Launch Vehicle: Soyuz TMA-08M
Launch Site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Description: Soyuz TMA-08M will carry three Expedition 35/36 crew members to the International Space Station.

Date: May +
Assembly Flight: 35S
Mission: Expedition 36/37
Launch Vehicle: Soyuz TMA-09M
Launch Site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Description:Soyuz TMA-09M will carry three Expedition 36/37 crew members to the International Space Station.

Date: (U/R)
Assembly Flight: 3R
Mission: Multipurpose Laboratory Module with European Robotic Arm (ERA)
Launch Vehicle: Russian Proton
Launch Site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Description: A Russian Proton rocket will deliver the Multipurpose Laboratory Module with European Robotic Arm (ERA) to the International Space Station.

Date: September +
Assembly Flight: 36S
Mission: Expedition 37/38
Launch Vehicle: Soyuz TMA-10M
Launch Site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Description: Soyuz TMA-10M will carry three Expedition 37/38 crew members to the International Space Station.

Date: November +
Assembly Flight: 37S
Mission: Expedition 38/39
Launch Vehicle: Soyuz TMA-11M
Launch Site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Description: Soyuz TMA-11M will carry three Expedition 38/39 crew members to the International Space Station.

Saturn: Facts & Figures


Color image of full image of Saturn.
While cruising around Saturn in early October 2004, Cassini captured a series of images that have been composed into this large global natural color view of Saturn and its rings.

Adorned with thousands of beautiful ringlets, Saturn is unique among the planets. All four gas giant planets have rings -- made of chunks of ice and rock -- but none are as spectacular or as complicated as Saturn's. Like the other gas giants, Saturn is mostly a massive ball of hydrogen and helium.
Discovered By
Known by the Ancients
Date of Discovery
Unknown
Orbit Size Around Sun (semi-major axis)
Metric: 1,426,666,422 km
English: 886,489,415 miles
Scientific Notation: 1.4266664 x 109 km (9.53667594 A.U.)
By Comparison: 9.537 x Earth
Perihelion (closest)
Metric: 1,349,823,615 km
English: 838,741,509 miles
Scientific Notation: 1.34982 x 109 km (9.023 A.U.)
By Comparison: 9.176 x Earth
Aphelion (farthest)
Metric: 1,503,509,229 km
English: 934,237,322 miles
Scientific Notation: 1.50351 x 109 km (1.005 x 101 A.U.)
By Comparison: 9.885 x Earth
Sidereal Orbit Period (Length of Year)
29.447498 Earth years
10,755.70 Earth days
By Comparison: 29.447 x Earth
Orbit Circumference
Metric: 8,957,504,604 km
English: 5,565,935,315 miles
Scientific Notation: 8.958 x 109 km
By Comparison: 9.530 x Earth
Average Orbit Velocity
Metric: 34,701 km/h
English: 21,562 mph
Scientific Notation: 9.6391 x 104 m/s
By Comparison: 0.324 x Earth
Orbit Eccentricity
0.05386179
By Comparison: 3.223 x Earth
Orbit Inclination
2.49 degrees
Equatorial Inclination to Orbit
26.7 degrees
Mean Radius
Metric: 58,232 km
English: 36,183.7 miles
Scientific Notation: 5.8232 x 104 km
By Comparison: 9.1402 x Earth
Equatorial Circumference
Metric: 365,882.4 km
English: 227,348.8 miles
Scientific Notation: 3.65882 x 105 km
By Comparison: 9.1402 x Earth
Volume
Metric: 827,129,915,150,897 km3
English: 198,439,019,647,006 mi3
Scientific Notation: 8.2713 x 1014 km3
By Comparison: 763.594 x Earth
Mass
Metric: 568,319,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg
Scientific Notation: 5.6832 x 1026 kg
By Comparison: 95.161 x Earth
Density
Metric: 0.687 g/cm3
By Comparison: 0.125 x Earth
Surface Area
Metric: 42,612,133,285 km2
English: 16,452,636,641 square miles
Scientific Notation: 4.2612 x 1010 km2
By Comparison: 83.543 x Earth
Surface Gravity
Metric: 10.4* m/s2
English: 34.3 ft/s2
By Comparison: If you weigh 100 pounds on Earth, you would weigh about 107 pounds on Saturn (at the equator). *Derived from a 1 bar radius of 60,268 km.
Escape Velocity
Metric: 129,924 km/h
English: 80,731 mph
Scientific Notation: 3.609 x 104 m/s
By Comparison: Escape velocity of Earth is 25,030 mph.
Sidereal Rotation Period (Length of Day)
0.444 Earth days
10.656 hours
By Comparison: 0.445 x Earth
Effective Temperature
Metric: -178 °C
English: -288 °F
Scientific Notation: 95 K
Atmospheric Constituents
Hydrogen, Helium
Scientific Notation: H2, He
By Comparison: Earth's atmosphere consists mostly of N2 and O2.