NASA delays launch of SPHEREx and PUNCH missions to March 6
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NASA’s tasks in NASA will need to wait a little longer before heading to space.
After delaying the launch of these missions three times – it is originally transferred to the sky on February 27 – the Space Agency postponed the takeoff again to SPHEREX and Punk. Both loads that were launched on board the mission’s Spacex Falcon 9 missile, which were recently targeted on Tuesday (4 March) to launch. Now, the husband will remain linked to the ground until Thursday (6 March).
They will be removed from Complex Complex in Vandinberg California space power base on Thursday at 10:09 pm EST (7:09 pm Pacific time).
The first three delays of missions were to allow additional time to go out and process on the Falcon 9 missile that they would ride into space, According to to Nassa. According to the recent update of the agency, the reason for the last delay Similar.
The basic spacecraft of the launch, the spectrum scale for the history of the universe, the era of re -ionization, the iES Explorer, or SPHEREX, is a large, conical, large, conical probe designed in the form of wide views of the universe in the infrared wavelengths. The space telescope works similar to James Web telescope for spaceBut from a more enlarged perspective.
PUNCH, Polarimter to unify Corona and Heliosphere, is the task of solar energy dynamics consisting of a small constellation of four satellites. The Quartet will study things like Coronary mass ejaculationOr cmes, Solar wind And the sun corona. Cmes are especially important to astronomers because phenomena can cause satellite weather that may lead to power outages on Earth.
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Rideshare arrangement between SPHEREX and Punk is part of NASA Services program, meaning To associate tasks and launch services together to increase the project budgets to the maximum and reduce the need to purchase multiple launch vehicles.
SPHEREX and Punk Falcon 9 will be launched live on the air NASA+ And the agency YouTube channelAs well as on the main Space.com page.