Terra Launch Puts EOS Program on Track
In-orbit instrument checks are proceeding on the $1.3-billion Terra satellite, NASA's flagship in a 15-year effort to build a global climatic model of Earth. With a separation weight of 10,506 lb., Terra was the largest payload ever flown by an Atlas/Centaur and the first launched from the Western...
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