Space probe
DSCOVR
NOAA · NASA · launched 2015
Solar-wind sentinel at L1; its EPIC camera photographs the whole sunlit Earth.
Right now · as of
Sun–Earth L1
1.52 million km from Earth; a signal takes 5.1 s
147 million km from the Sun, moving at 0.26 km/s relative to Earth
Open in 3DFacts
- What it is
- Space probe
- Agency
- NOAA · NASA
- Launched
- February 11, 2015
- Rocket
- Falcon 9 v1.1
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SLC-40
- International designator
- 2015-007A
- 3D model
- NASA