# @nasaartemis on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CZ2HSdHuafD
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/15341581-nasaartemis-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2022-02-11T17:33:00.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA Artemis (@nasaartemis) — https://gondola.cc/nasaartemis

## Caption

All clear ☀️

In this image, the Tropospheric Doppler Radar Wind Profiler is shown during an #Artemis I weather simulation on Nov. 3, 2021. This instrument is located on five acres near the Launch and Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

The wind profiler will serve as the primary upper level wind instrument for NASA’s Artemis missions. The 640 antennae deliver data from 6,000 to 62,000 feet high (2,000 to 19,000 meters high) every five minutes. The instrument works by shooting radar beams into the sky, where it detects particles of dust, clouds, and moisture within turbulent eddies. The instrument’s radar aligns with the rocket’s flight path, providing more rapid and reliable wind measurements than traditional weather balloons.

Teams will use real-time weather data from the wind profiler and weather balloons to design vehicle steering commands, upload the commands onto vehicle flight computers, and verify that vehicle constraints remain within acceptable limits during the launch countdown.

The Day of Launch Initialization Load Update team includes staff from NASAKennedy, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, NASAJohnson Space Center in Texas, and NASA_Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama.

Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett

#NASA #Radar #Balloon #Weather #DopplerRadar #WindProfiler #LaunchDay #NASAKennedy #TeamWork

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weather, teamwork, windprofiler, dopplerradar, nasakennedy, nasa, radar, artemis, balloon, launchday

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