{"id":51360,"date":"2019-06-20T13:14:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-20T17:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-447387"},"modified":"2023-07-26T15:18:53","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T19:18:53","slug":"coverage-set-for-nasa-tech-missions-launching-on-spacex-falcon-heavy","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/coverage-set-for-nasa-tech-missions-launching-on-spacex-falcon-heavy\/","title":{"rendered":"Coverage Set for NASA Tech Missions Launching on SpaceX Falcon Heavy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/m19-056.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/m19-056.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"SpaceX Falcon Heavy demonstration.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/m19-056.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/m19-056.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/m19-056.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/m19-056.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/m19-056.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/m19-056.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/m19-056.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/m19-056.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/m19-056.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/m19-056.jpg?resize=2000,1333 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">SpaceX Falcon Heavy demonstration launch on Feb. 6, 2018 <strong>Credits: NASA<\/strong><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Updated at 9 p.m. EDT on June 24, 2019:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>SpaceX is now targeting 2:30 a.m. EDT, June 25 for the Falcon Heavy launch of the Department of Defense Space Test Program-2 to allow time for additional ground system checkouts.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>NASA TV live launch coverage will start 30 minutes before launch, at 2 a.m.: <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/nasalive\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA Television coverage is scheduled for an upcoming prelaunch activity and first nighttime launch of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket, which will be carrying four agency technology missions to help improve future spacecraft design and performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The launch window for the Falcon Heavy opens at 11:30 p.m. EDT Monday, June 24, from historic Launch Complex 39A at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The launch, as well as a live technology show, will air NASA Television and the agency\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/live\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SpaceX and the U.S. Department of Defense will launch two dozen satellites to space, including four NASA payloads that are part of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spacex.com\/stp-2\" rel=\"noopener\">Space Test Program-2<\/a>, managed by the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center. The four payloads include two NASA technology demonstrations to improve how spacecraft propel and navigate, as well as two NASA science missions to help us better understand the nature of space and how it impacts technology on spacecraft and the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Full NASA TV coverage is as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sunday, June 23<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Noon \u2013 NASA prelaunch technology TV show from Kennedy. Subject matter experts will explain each NASA mission and answer questions. Media permanently badged for Kennedy are invited to attend in person. All other media may dial in to ask questions. For dial-in information, please contact Leejay Lockhart at <a href=\"mailto:leejay.lockhart@nasa.gov\">leejay.lockhart@nasa.gov<\/a> or 321-861-3739 by 4 p.m. Friday, June 21.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Participants include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Todd Ely and Jill Seubert, interplanetary navigators at NASA\u2019s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, who are also the principal and deputy principal investigators for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/tdm\/clock\/index.html\">Deep Space Atomic Clock<\/a>. They will explain the relationship between time and navigation as well as the new space clock that could change how we navigate on the Moon, to Mars and beyond.<\/li><li>Christopher McLean, principal investigator for NASA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/tdm\/green\/index.html\">Green Propellant Infusion Mission<\/a> at Ball Aerospace, and Joe Cassady, executive director of space at Aerojet Rocketdyne. They will explain how a non-toxic fuel and new propulsion system could take the small satellite revolution beyond what it is today.<\/li><li>Nicola Fox, director of NASA\u2019s Heliophysics Division, will discuss the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/content\/goddard\/set-mission-overview\">Space Environment Testbeds<\/a> and how its four experiments will reveal the ways local space weather affects spacecraft hardware.<\/li><li>Rick Doe, payload program manager at SRI International, will share how two CubeSats making up the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/content\/goddard\/e-tbex-enhanced-tandem-beacon-experiment\">Enhanced Tandem Beacon Experiment<\/a> will work with six other satellites to study irregularities in Earth\u2019s upper atmosphere that interfere with GPS and communications signals.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Monday, June 24<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>9:30 p.m. \u2013  Live NASA TV coverage begins of the return to Earth of NASA astronaut Anne McClain and two other International Space Station residents, with landing scheduled at 10:48 p.m. (Public Channel)<\/li><li>11 p.m. \u2013 NASA TV launch commentary begins ahead of the targeted 11:30 p.m. launch. NASA TV will simulcast the SpaceX STP-2 webcast starting about 15 minutes before liftoff. (Media Channel)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Prelaunch and launch day coverage will include blog updates as milestones occur:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.nasa.gov\/spacex\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>http:\/\/blogs.nasa.gov\/spacex<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about the NASA technologies aboard this launch:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/spacex\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>-end-<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Clare Skelly<br \/>\nHeadquarters, Washington<br \/>\n202-358-4273<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:clare.a.skelly@nasa.gov\">clare.a.skelly@nasa.gov<\/a><br \/>\nLeejay Lockhart<br \/>\nKennedy Space Center, Fla.<br \/>\n321-861-3739<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:leejay.lockhart@nasa.gov\">leejay.lockhart@nasa.gov<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Updated at 9 p.m. EDT on June 24, 2019: SpaceX is now targeting 2:30 a.m. EDT, June 25 for the Falcon Heavy launch of the Department of Defense Space Test Program-2 to allow time for additional ground system checkouts. NASA TV live launch coverage will start 30 minutes before launch, at 2 a.m.:  NASA Television coverage is [...]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":53767,"template":"","meta":{"nasa_hds_core_meta_l10n":"en-US","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_editor":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_contacts":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_topic":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_linked_locations":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_related_articles":[],"hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_id":"M19-056","hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_type":"MEDIA ADVISORY","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_x":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_y":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_gallery_images":[]},"categories":[2801,3205,3206,2862,2867,2788],"news-tags":[10561,9534],"internal-terms":[10560,9513,9508],"coauthors":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Coverage Set for NASA Tech Missions Launching on SpaceX Falcon Heavy","url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/coverage-set-for-nasa-tech-missions-launching-on-spacex-falcon-heavy\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/coverage-set-for-nasa-tech-missions-launching-on-spacex-falcon-heavy\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/m19-056.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/m19-056.jpg"},"articleSection":"Humans in Space","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NASA"}],"creator":["NASA"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"NASA","logo":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/themes\/nasa\/assets\/images\/nasa-logo.svg"},"keywords":["Missions","Technology Demonstration","Commercial Space","Deep Space Atomic Clock","Green Propellant Infusion","Kennedy Space Center","NASA Headquarters"],"dateCreated":"2019-06-20T17:14:00Z","datePublished":"2019-06-20T17:14:00Z","dateModified":"2023-07-26T19:18:53Z"},"rendered":"<meta name=\"parsely-title\" content=\"Coverage Set for NASA Tech Missions Launching on SpaceX Falcon Heavy\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-link\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/coverage-set-for-nasa-tech-missions-launching-on-spacex-falcon-heavy\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-type\" content=\"post\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-image-url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/m19-056.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-pub-date\" content=\"2019-06-20T17:14:00Z\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-section\" content=\"Humans in Space\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-tags\" content=\"Missions,Technology Demonstration,Commercial Space,Deep Space Atomic Clock,Green Propellant Infusion,Kennedy Space Center,NASA Headquarters\" \/>\n<meta name=\"parsely-author\" content=\"NASA\" \/>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/nasa.gov\/p.js"},"read_time":3,"featured_image":{"id":53767,"file":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/m19-056.jpg","title":"m19-056","alt":"SpaceX Falcon Heavy demonstration.","caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release\/51360"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-release"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release\/51360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":186183,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release\/51360\/revisions\/186183"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51360"},{"taxonomy":"news-tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-tags?post=51360"},{"taxonomy":"internal-terms","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal-terms?post=51360"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=51360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}