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Space commemorative cover
or Space Cover.
Cosmodrome / Location : USA
Date of Cancellation: Mar. 4, 2011
Exist : 200 copies
Event Type : Launch
Launch Pad / Location : USA Vandenberg SFB (CA)
Manned / Robotic Mission : Robotic
Mission Objective/Type : Failure
ou?/where?: au sol - ground
autographe?: non - noneDescription : The Glory satellite was a planned NASA satellite mission that would have collected data on the chemical, micro-physical and optical properties-and the spatial and temporal distributions-of sulfate and other aerosols, and would have collected solar irradiance data for the long-term climate record.
The US$424 million satellite was lost on March 4, 2011, when its Taurus XL carrier rocket malfunctioned. A subsequent investigation revealed that the fairing system failed to open fully, causing the satellite to reenter the atmosphere at which point it likely broke up and burned.
Vandenberg post stamp. Keyword(s) :
#Earth,
#Planet,
#Rocket,
#Satellite, SPACE REVUE : 06 - 2011 Last modified: 10/05/2015 @ 15h17
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