Planetary Science
DSCOVR
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Deep Space Climate Observatory is a United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) space weather, space climate, and Earth observation satellite. It was launched by SpaceX on a Falcon 9 v1.1 launch vehicle on 11 February 2015, from Cape Canaveral, Florida. This is NOAA's first operational deep space satellite and became its primary system of warning Earth in the event of solar magnetic storms.
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Launch
- Launch date
- February 11, 2015 at 11:03 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Falcon 9 v1.1 →
- Operator
- SpaceX
- Mission
- DSCOVR
- Launch record
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Trajectory
- Regime
- Interplanetary — Deep Space
- Reference body
- Deep Space
Spacecraft
- Operator
- United States
- Launch mass
- 570 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2015-007A
- NORAD catalog №
- 40390
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
United States- Status
- Operational