Tag: Aquarius/SAC-D

• Saturday, June 11th 2011 - 10:38 UTC

  Successful launching of Argentine/NASA satellite to map oceans’ surface salinity

  

  The joint Argentine/US satellite Aquarius/SAC-D (Satellite de Aplicaciones Cientaficas) mission was successfully launched Friday from Vandenberg military air base in California. Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner said the Argentines “on this day should feel happy and proud”.

• Tuesday, June 7th 2011 - 03:10 UTC

  NASA and Argentina launching satellite to measure salt levels at ocean surface

  

  Scientists are launching an international mission to measure salt levels at the surface of the ocean. A rocket carrying an Argentine-built spacecraft is set to lift off Thursday from the Vandenberg Air Force Base along the central California coast.