Steve Cole
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-0918
stephen.e.cole@nasa.gov   


RELEASE: 11-050

NASA'S GLORY SATELLITE FAILS TO REACH ORBIT

WASHINGTON -- NASA's Glory mission launched from Vandenberg Air Force
Base in California Friday at 5:09:45 a.m. EST failed to reach orbit.

Telemetry indicated the fairing, the protective shell atop the Taurus
XL rocket, did not separate as expected about three minutes after
launch.

A press briefing to discuss the Glory launch failure is planned at
Vandenberg for approximately 8:00 a.m. EST. NASA Television will
carry the press conference live at:



http://www.nasa.gov/ntv


The new Earth-observing satellite was intended to improve our
understanding of how the sun and tiny atmospheric particles called
aerosols affect Earth's climate.


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