Mission: To Better Understand the Air We Breathe
Aura, a mission dedicated to the health of Earth's atmosphere,
successfully launched today at 0301:59 Pacific Time from the
Western Range of Vandenberg Air Force Base (CA) aboard a Boeing
Delta II rocket. Spacecraft separation occurred at 4:06 a.m.
Pacific Time, inserting Aura into a 705-kilometer (438-mile)
orbit.