Tag: RBSP
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Atlas V launches at the third attempt with RBSP spacecraft
The United Launch Alliance (ULA) finally launched their Atlas V, carrying a pair of NASA spacecraft – called the Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) – to study the Van Allen radiation belts. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral was on schedule at 4:05am Eastern (08:05 UTC), followed by the successful deployment of the two…