MEDIA ADVISORY
SORCE Satellite News Briefing at CU-Boulder Set for Jan. 17
The University of Colorado at Boulder will hold a news briefing on Friday, Jan. 17, on the launch of an $85 million CU satellite designed and built to study Sun-Earth interactions that affect global conditions including climate change and ozone depletion.
The satellite, known as the Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment, or SORCE, contains five instruments designed and built at CU-Boulder. The satellite will be controlled from campus by students, staff and faculty. Launch will be from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The news briefing will take place at LASP's Space Technology Building in the CU Research Park and will involve CU-Boulder Chancellor Richard L. Byyny, LASP Director Daniel Baker, SORCE Principal Investigator Gary Rottman and SORCE Project Manager Tom Sparn. Background print materials and broadcast tape will be available to media.
The Space Technology Building is located on Colorado Avenue between 30th Street and Foothills Parkway. The building's glass front, observatories and satellite dishes are visible from the road on the north side of the street. A sign clearly marks the LASP facility.
To reach the Space Technology Building from Denver, take Interstate 25 north to U.S. 36, exit at the Foothills Parkway, continue south to Colorado Avenue, turn left and drive about two blocks before turning right into the parking lot.
For more information contact Jim Scott in the CU-Boulder Office of News Services at (303) 492-3114.