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sketchy

(458 posts)
Wed Feb 11, 2015, 07:37 PM Feb 2015

We have liftoff!

From Al's Twitter account:

"We have liftoff! #DSCOVR is on its way to the L1 point—more than 1 million miles from Earth—to monitor space weather & Earth’s climate"


https://twitter.com/AlGore



After 17 years the Deep Space Climate Observatory is on its way to orbit!

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We have liftoff! (Original Post) sketchy Feb 2015 OP
Woot! haikugal Feb 2015 #1
Crap. Missed the launch. riqster Feb 2015 #2
I forgot about the launch, but was reminded when the house started rumbling. CaptainTruth Feb 2015 #3

CaptainTruth

(6,591 posts)
3. I forgot about the launch, but was reminded when the house started rumbling.
Wed Feb 11, 2015, 11:09 PM
Feb 2015

Glad to see DSCOVR finally take flight!

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