NASA’s PACE mission underway with overnight launch of SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has successfully sent a NASA spacecraft into orbit.
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The rocket launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 1:33 a.m. Thursday.
On board was the PACE satellite.
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NASA will use it to measure aerosols in the atmosphere and the ocean’s color.
It will also help predict oceanic events, like the occurrence of harmful algae.
We have liftoff 🚀
Our PACE spacecraft is on its way to study microscopic organisms in our ocean and particles in the air. pic.twitter.com/SvxY1EErdx— NASA (@NASA) February 8, 2024
NASA aims to glean information from its PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) spacecraft over the next three years.
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Deployment of the PACE spacecraft confirmed
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) February 8, 2024
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