Although launch (and landing for space shuttle) are the most visible space launch operations, there is much weather sensitive work to be accomplished between flights, such as moving vehicles, moving/stacking solid rocket boosters (SRBs) fueling etc. The major weather item of concern in the Cape Canaveral area is lightning, since the KSC/CCAFs area is near the area of maximum thunderstorm occurrence in the United States. Weather Observations, forecasts, climatological studies and consultant services to a wide variety of Range Users.
Weather Impacts on Space Operations
1992
14 pages
Report
No indication
English
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