CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) are set to launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket Aug. 23. The 20-minute launch window for the twin probes at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Space Launch Complex 41 begins at 4:08 a.m. EDT. <\/p>\n
Launch commentary coverage, as well as prelaunch media briefings, will be carried live on NASA Television and the agency's website. <\/p>\n
RBSP will explore space weather -- changes in Earth's space environment caused by the sun -- that can disable satellites, create power grid failures and disrupt GPS service. The mission also will allow researchers to understand fundamental radiation and particle acceleration processes throughout the universe. <\/p>\n
Prelaunch News Conference <\/p>\n
A prelaunch news conference on NASA TV will be held at NASA Kennedy Space Center's Press Site at 1 p.m. Monday, Aug. 20. <\/p>\n
Briefing participants are: <\/p>\n
-- Michael Luther, deputy associate administrator for programs, NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington <\/p>\n
-- Tim Dunn, NASA launch director, Kennedy Space Center, Fla. <\/p>\n
-- Vernon Thorp, program manager, NASA Missions, United Launch Alliance, Denver, Colo. <\/p>\n
-- Richard Fitzgerald, RBSP project manager, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Md. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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