Delta 2/EO-1 awaits launch at T-4 minutes.

T-0 was 10:24:25 pacific time.

• Launch vehicle: Delta 7320-10
• Payload: EO-1/SAC-C
• Launch date: 21 Nov 2000
• Launch site: Va, SLC2W
• Launch vehicle ID: D282

Description:

• Two earth-observing satellites and a nanosatellite designed to gather space weather data were launched into orbit today aboard a Boeing Delta II rocket.
• The rocket lifted off the launch pad at Space Launch Complex 2 at 10:24 a.m. PST, carrying spacecraft for NASA, Argentina, and Sweden. The two primary payloads were NASA's New Millennium Program Earth-Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite, plus Argentina's first earth-observing satellite, the Satelite de Aplicaciones Cientificas-C (SAC-C). The secondary payload was Sweden's Munin nanosatellite.