The heatshield demonstration launched aboard ULA's last Atlas V launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base.
NASA just lifted its LOFTID heatshield demonstration to orbit aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. The heatshield was successfully deployed and performed a splashdown in the ocean near Hawaii roughly two hours after launch.
LOFTID was launched alongside the Atlas V rocket's primary payload, the Joint Polar Satellite System 2 weather satellite, which was successfully placed in a polar orbit to collect weather data for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.The mission marked Atlas V's last liftoff from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California as ULA prepares to launch its next-generation Vulcan rocket for the first time. The rocket took to the skies at 1:49 a.m. PST.
During NASA's livestream of the event, viewable below, a NASA official explained that the technology used on LOFTID will also have benefits here on Earth. In fact, researchers have used the same heat shielding material to build aThe U.S. space agency provided an update roughly an hour after launch, confirming it had successfully deployed LOFTID into orbit from an altitude of approximately 78 miles .
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