Editing Deep Space Climate Observatory (section)

== Launch ==
The DSCOVR launch was conducted by [[launch service provider|launch provider]] [[SpaceX]] using their [[Falcon 9 v1.1]] rocket. The launch of DSCOVR took place on 11 February 2015, following two scrubbed launches. It took DSCOVR 110 days from when it left Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS), [[Florida]], to reach its target destination {{cvt|1.5|e6km}} away from Earth at the Sun-Earth L1 [[Lagrange point]].<ref name="directory.eoportal.org">{{cite web|url=https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/d/dscovr#launch|title=DSCOVR - Satellite Missions|publisher=ESA|website=directory.eoportal.org |access-date=March 12, 2019}}</ref><ref name="noaa20150608">{{cite news|url=https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/nation-s-first-operational-satellite-in-deep-space-reaches-final-orbit|title=NOAA's First Operational Satellite in Deep Space Reaches Final Orbit|publisher=NASA|date=June 8, 2015|access-date=May 1, 2019}} {{PD-notice}}</ref>

=== Launch attempt history ===
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| date1           = 8 February 2015, 23:10:00
| result1         = Scrubbed
| reason1         = Technical
| weathergo1      = >90
| decision_date1  =
| decision_clock1 = 02:40:00
| notes1          = [[Eastern Range|Range]] issues: tracking,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.waaytv.com/space_alabama/spacex-discovr-launch-scrubbed/article_2a75d112-afeb-11e4-bd09-e7da992d6b35.html|title=SpaceX DISCOVR launch scrubbed|publisher=WAAYTV|series=Space Alabama|first=Miriam|last=Cresswell|date=February 8, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150211092953/http://www.waaytv.com/space_alabama/spacex-discovr-launch-scrubbed/article_2a75d112-afeb-11e4-bd09-e7da992d6b35.html|archive-date=February 11, 2015}}</ref> first-stage video transmitter issues noted

| date2          = 10 February 2015, 23:04:49
| result2        = Scrubbed
| reason2        = [[Launch weather|Weather]]
| notes2         = Upper-level winds at the launch pad exceeded {{convert|100|kn}} at {{cvt|7600|m}}
| weathergo2     = 80

| date3          = 11 February 2015, 23:03:42
| result3        = Success
| weathergo3     = >90
}}