SpaceX Falcon 9 on Launch Duty Today

Opening ShotNOAA’s DSCOVR spacecraft will launch atop a two-stage SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The Falcon 9 will put DSCOVR on a course to a region called L1 that is about a million miles from Earth. From there, DSCOVR will have a constant view of the sunlit side of Earth and the sun at the same time.  This will be the first deep space mission for NOAA and SpaceX.

The spacecraft is fitted with several instruments including two from NASA that will measure conditions on Earth as part of the agency’s continuing work to evaluate the planet’s climate.

DSCOVR_Wide shot

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