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FUSE

Launch Information Archive

    FUSE is in Orbit!!!!

    The official launch date for FUSE was June 24, 1999 11:44 a.m. EDT!



Special FUSE Launch Day Presentation Pages, as presented by Bill Blair at the FUSE JHU Launch Day Celebration.

Go to Astronomy Now site including QuickTime video of Launch!

Or, watch the FUSE launch movie in RealVideo format.
(Download the RealVideo Player.)

Florida Today FUSE Launch Log, including countdown and early mission reports! by Justin Ray. (How could we compete with this kind of coverage? The original link is unavailable, but we archived a local text-only copy HERE.

Florida Today's Space Today page summarizing FUSE-related events. (Includes numerous pictures of launch and satellite preparations.) Link still active as of last check (June 2003).

PICTURES!

FUSE Launch Pictures Page!
FUSE JHU Launch Day Photo Album! and
FUSE KSC Launch Day Photo Album!

And by popular demand... the FUSE Launch Day Song!


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