2011-F01
NASA-GSFC satellite launch on Taurus. Glory, built by Orbital, will study atmospheric pollutants and also measure solar output as a SORCE follow-on, in the A-Train. Leostar-2 bus, octagonal cyl + 2 panels, 1.9m h 1.4m w.
Uses leftover bus from cancelled VCL mission, and a copy of the Calipso wide field camera.
Mass 526 kg (AWST) (web site: 545 kg ) including 45 kg prop.
The Taurus 3110 is a Castor 120 with Orion 50XL (two) and Orion 38 upper stages, and a small fairing.
My direct translation is Phoenix (Ho) Dragon. (Ryu) According to their website, the name, Horyu, comes from their school symbol. It represents a spiritual being/creature that looks like a phoenix and a dragon but definitely go beyond these creatures.
Launch with 3 cubesats in PPOD: Montana State's Explorer 1 Prime (E1P), Colorado's Hermes and Kentucky's KySat-1. The PPOD was mounted on the aft face of the final stage, and the cubesats did separate at the planned time. The Fairing failed to separate and Glory fell into the Pacific.
| Glory | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Mar 4 | 1009:43 | Launch by Taurus XL 3110 | V 576E |
| T+1:25 St 1 sep (Castor 120) | |||
| T+2:45 St 2 burnout | |||
| T+2:50 St 2 50SXLG sep | |||
| T+2:52 St 3 50XL burn | |||
| 1012 | T+2:58 Fairing failed to sep | ||
| T+4:11 St 3 burnout | |||
| T+5:15 St 3 sep | |||
| T+9:58 St 4 burn | |||
| 1020:53 | T+11:10 St 4 burnout | -200? x 550? x 98.0 | |
| 1023 | T+13:15 Cubesats sep from St 4 PPOD | ||
| 1045? | Impact in S Pacific? | ||
Payload:
- APS Atmospheric Aerosol Polarimetric Sensor
- TIM Total Irradiance Monitor
- CCSP Cloud camera sensor package, Wide field camera (blue/NIR)
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