IRIS Launch Delayed 24 Hours
The Heliophysics System Observatory [Large version]
“This image shows the Heliophysics System Observatory (HSO). The HSO utilizes the entire fleet of solar, heliospheric, geospace, and planetary spacecraft as a distributed observatory to discover the larger scale and/or coupled processes at work throughout the complex system that makes up our space environment.”
Marc’s note: This image was released as part of the IRIS science briefing today. All the briefing material can be accessed here.
Launch Update: Due to a power outage at the 30th Space Wing the IRIS mission is delayed 24 hours to 7:27 p.m. PDT Thursday, June 27. (Corrected)
UPDATE: IRIS Mission and Science Briefings [Watch]
That should read 7:27 PDT today. The spacecraft is being launched into a sun-synchronous orbit, which requires launching near dawn or dusk. Check out the countdown clock at: http://www.nasa.gov/mission… .
Corrected in the text.