1e stage:
srms rockets:
stage 2:
launch and vehicle configuration:
- Launch vehicle: Delta 7320-10
- Launch vehicle ID: D271
- Payload: FUSE
- Launch date: 1999 Jun 24
- Launch site: CC, SLC17A
Description:
- A Boeing Delta II launch vehicle lifted off at 11:44 a.m. EDT, placing a satellite telescope into orbit that
will increase astronomers' abilities to test basic theories about the evolution of galaxies and the formation of the
universe. The Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) satellite is sensitive to a portion of the energy spectrum
of light that is invisible to the eye. FUSE will allow astronomers to study ultraviolet light wavelengths that are
unobservable to other telescopes. The launch is one in the series of Medium Light (Med-Lite) launches for NASA and the
first using a two-stage Delta equipped with a 10-foot-diameter fairing to protect the payload and three, instead of
the usual nine, solid rocket motors on the first stage.
Ref: 7a, #71, internet - update: 08.04.12
