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Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
08:05:00
Thursday August 30, 2012
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The Van Allen Probes, formerly known as the Radiation Belt Storm Probes, are two robotic spacecraft being used to study the Van Allen radiation belts that surround Earth. NASA is conducting the Van Allen Probes mission as part of the Living With a Star program.
Highly Elliptical Orbit
2 Payloads
1,500 kilograms
Agency
ULAPrice
$109.00 million
Rocket
Diameter: 3.81m
Height: 58.3m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 9,797 kg
GTO: 4,750 kg
Liftoff Thrust
3,826 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 4.2m
Height: 13.8m
Stages
2
32nd
Mission
4th
Mission of 2012
63rd
Mission
7th
Mission of 2012
48th
Orbital launch attempt