SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch of NASA PACE Earth Science Mission | Cape Canaveral

SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch of NASA PACE Earth Science Mission | Cape Canaveral

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched NASA’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) mission to a sun-synchronous orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral in Florida, on February 8, 2024, at 06:33 UTC (01:33 EST). Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage landed on Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral. Falcon 9’s first stage (B1081) previously supported Crew-7, CRS-29 and a SpaceX Starlink mission.

PACE is NASA’s newest earth-observing satellite that will help increase our understanding of Earth’s oceans, atmosphere, and climate by delivering hyperspectral observations of microscopic marine organisms called phytoplankton as well new data on clouds and aerosols.

Learn more about NASA's PACE Earth Mission: 

https://pace.gsfc.nasa.gov

Image Credits: NASA/Kennedy Space Center (KSC)/Kevin O'Connell and Kevin Davis

Capture Date: Feb. 8, 2024

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