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SpaceX won the contract to put NASA’s SPHEREx mission into orbit – SlashGear
SpaceX recently won a contract that will see it launch an important astrophysics mission into Earth orbit for NASA. The contract will have SpaceX put the NASA SPHEREx…
SpaceX recently won a contract that will see it launch an important astrophysics mission into Earth orbit for NASA. The contract will have SpaceX put the NASA SPHEREx spacecraft into orbit as early as 2024. SPHEREx stands for Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoque of Reionization, and Ices Explorer.
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory announced the contract award in California on Thursday of this week. SPHEREx is a spacecraft weighing 329 pounds, and it will be pushed into orbit aboard…
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