Video: RBSP Readied For Science

[youtube_video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAWNT1-Cte4[/youtube_video]

Video courtesy of NASA

NASA is getting ready to launch the Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) mission at the end of this month. The launch is currently slated to take place on Aug. 23 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 41 (SLC-41). This NASA video highlights what the mission will do when the satellites are on orbit.

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