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Rocket Launch: Starlink 17-23

March 1 @ 12:00 am - 4:00 am

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, carrying NASA’s SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer) observatory and PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) satellites, is vertical at Space Launch Complex 4 East from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Saturday March 8, 2025. SPHEREx will use its telescope to provide an all-sky spectral survey, creating a 3D map of the entire sky to help scientists investigate the origins of our universe. PUNCH will study origins of the Sun’s outflow of material, or the solar wind, capturing continuous 3D images of the Sun’s corona and the solar wind’s journey into the solar system.

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 is targeting the launch of 25 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

The time for this launch is tentatively scheduled for March 1 between 12:00am-4:00am.

Launches are often delayed or scrubbed. Please check the website before you go to confirm details.

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Details

Date:
March 1
Time:
12:00 am - 4:00 am
Event Category:
Website:
https://www.spacex.com/launches/sl-17-23

Venue

Vandenberg Space Force Base
Vandenberg SFB
Lompoc, CA 93436 United States + Google Map
Phone
(805) 606-8263
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