This is excerpted from a post just made to sci.space.news. According
to heavens-above.com, the MUBLCOM rendezvous target should be visible
from North America around that time.
--Bill Thompson
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Newsgroups: sci.space.news
Subject: NASA announces DART launch date & press conference
MEDIA ADVISORY: 05-048
NASA ANNOUNCES DART LAUNCH DATE & PRESS CONFERENCE
NASA's Demonstration of Autonomous Rendezvous Technology (DART)
spacecraft is scheduled to launch at 1:21 p.m. EDT, April 15 from
Vandenberg
Air Force Base, Calif.
DART is a flight demonstrator that provides a key step in establishing
autonomous rendezvous capabilities for the U.S. space program. DART will
rendezvous with the Multiple Paths, Beyond-Line-of-Site Communications
(MUBLCOM) satellite. It will perform several close proximity operations,
such as moving toward and away from the satellite using navigation data
provided by onboard sensors.
For information about DART on the Web, visit:
http://www.msfc.nasa.gov/news/dart/
For the latest DART launch information on the Web, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/.../schedule.html
For information about NASA and agency programs on the Web, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov
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