Green Options » environmental satellite http://greenoptions.com/tag/environmental-satellite Posts tagged 'environmental satellite' Fri, 06 Feb 2009 19:10:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en NASA Successfully Launches Environmental Satellite http://cleantechnica.com/2009/02/06/nasa-successfully-launches-environmental-satellite/ http://cleantechnica.com/2009/02/06/nasa-successfully-launches-environmental-satellite/#comments Fri, 06 Feb 2009 19:10:56 +0000 Ariel Schwartz http://cleantechnica.com/2009/02/06/nasa-successfully-launches-environmental-satellite/

I’ve always thought that we need to deal with problems here on Earth before exploring other planets, and it looks like NASA at least partially agrees with me. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA-N Prime spacecraft lifted off at 2:22 a.m. PST today aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket from NASA’s Space Launch Complex 2. NOAA-N Prime will monitor environmental events around the world—including fires, crop productivity, and methane air pollution levels.

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