Falcon 9 Block 5 | TRACERS
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July 23, 2025, 6:13 p.m. - July 23, 2025, 7:10 p.m.
July 23, 2025, 6:13 p.m. - July 23, 2025, 7:10 p.m.
TRACERS is a satellite mission led by the University of Iowa, funded by NASA, to study the mysterious, powerful interactions between the magnetic fields of the Sun and Earth. This mission will help us better understand space weather and its impact on our planet. TRACERS is funded as a Small
NASA's Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites (TRACERS) mission, consisting of two identical satellites that will orbit Earth in tandem (one following the other), will help understand magnetic re-connection and its effects in Earth’s atmosphere. Magnetic re-connection occurs when activity from the Sun interacts with Earth’s magnetic field. By understanding this process, scientists will be able to better understand and prepare for impacts of solar activity on Earth. Hitchhiking small satellites: * Athena EPIC (Economical Payload Integration Cost) * Polylingual Experimental Terminal (PExT) * Relativistic Electron Atmospheric Loss (REAL)
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Liftoff.
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Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.
See DetailsThe Falcon 9 booster B1081 has returned to the launch site at LZ-4 after its 16th flight.
Result: Successful Return to Launch Site landing at Landing Zone 4.Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.
INFO WIKI
NASA has restored contact with one of a pair of space science satellites that ran into problems shortly after its July launch. The post NASA reestablishes contact with one of two TRACERS satellites appeared first on SpaceNews.
This week’s launches predominantly featured SpaceX’s Falcon 9, beginning with a Starlink mission from Vandenberg,… The post Space Traffic Report: Busy Week for Falcon 9: TRACERS, Starlink & O3b Satellites! appeared first on NASASpaceFligh…
SpaceX launched twin satellites for NASA Wednesday that will study how the electrically-charged solar wind interacts with Earth's magnetic field, creating constantly changing and occasionally dangerous "space weather" affecting satellites,…
NASA’s newest mission, TRACERS, soon will begin studying how Earth’s magnetic shield protects our planet from the effects of space weather. Short for Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites, the twin TRACERS …
On Tuesday, July 22, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will liftoff from Vandenberg Space Force Base… The post NASA’s TRACERS ready to offer insight on Earth’s magnetic field appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com.
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