NASA’s TRACERS mission launches to study space weather

NASA’s TRACERS (Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites) mission is officially underway following a successful launch Wednesday at 2:13 p.m. EDT. The twin satellites rode a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Ground controllers confirmed contact with both satellites three hours after separation, marking the beginning of a four-week commissioningContinue reading “NASA’s TRACERS mission launches to study space weather”
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