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SpaceX launch Sept. 24.

SpaceX launches 3 probes to study space weather and map the boundaries of our solar system (video)

By Mike Wall Published

NASA's IMAP mission and two other spacecraft launched atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket early Wednesday morning (Sept. 24) to study space weather and its effects on Earth.

Launches & Spacecraft
From left to right, NASA’s Carruthers Geocorona Observatory, IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe), and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Space Weather Follow On-Lagrange 1 (SWFO-L1) missions will map our Sun’s influence across the solar system in new ways.

Watch SpaceX launch 3 space weather probes today

By Mike Wall Published

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch NASA's ambitious IMAP mission and two other space weather probes early Wednesday morning (Sept. 24), and you can watch the action live.

Launches & Spacecraft
NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) spacecraft has completed a critical design review and is on track for its scheduled 2025 launch.

SpaceX targets Sept. 23 for launch of NASA's IMAP mission to map the boundaries of our solar system

By Josh Dinner Published

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch on Sept. 23 will send three spacecraft a million miles from Earth to map the heliosphere and expand our understanding of space weather and atmospheric science.

Launches & Spacecraft
a spacecraft with two large solar arrays orbits the sun

India's Aditya-L1 solar observatory on course for its sunny parking spot 1 million miles from Earth

By Andrew Jones Published

India's first solar observatory has made a trajectory correction maneuver to ensure it is on course for a special point in space where it will observe the sun.

Missions
artist's concept of the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite

DSCOVR: The Deep Space Climate Observatory Mission in Photos

By Space.com Staff Published

The long-delayed Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) will orbit at the L1 Lagrange Point in the sun-Earth system, to monitor the solar wind and forecast space weather at Earth.

Astronomy