NASA launches observatory to study sun

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA has launched the most advanced solar observatory ever built.

By: By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer | WNCT
Published: February 11, 2010

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA has launched the most advanced solar observatory ever built.
An unmanned rocket blasted off Thursday with the Solar Dynamics Observatory. The goal of the mission is to shed light on Earth's star. Scientists want to better understand the violent solar activity that influences life on Earth. This space weather can disrupt communications, knock out power and disable satellites.
The observatory is the first mission in NASA's Living with a Star program. It will spend five years transmitting data from an extremely high Earth orbit. It should send back 150 million bits of data every second of every day. That's more than any other NASA mission.
Wednesday's launch attempt was halted by high wind.

(Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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