A suite of three solar science missions are set to blast off into the morning sky from the Space Coast on Wednesday.
Set for no earlier than 7:30 a.m. Sept. 24, NASA’s IMAP — or Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe — will launch atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center Pad 39A.
Along for the ride are NASA’s Carruthers Geocorona Observatory as well as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s SWFO-L1, which stands for Space Weather Follow On – Lagrange 1.
The three missions are headed to Lagrange Point 1, a location 1 million miles from Earth in which the spacecraft can orbit the Sun alongside the Earth.
The launch comes after an initial delay from the originally scheduled Sept. 23 launch date, which was “to allow more time for the recovery assets to arrive at the landing zone,” according to NASA.
Upon liftoff, the rocket will fly due east into the morning sunrise. Sunrise on Sept. 24 comes shortly beforehand, at 7:12 a.m.
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The launch will not bring any Brevard County sonic booms. The rocket’s booster will land on the Just Read the Instructions drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.
The FLORIDA TODAY Space Team will provide live updates beginning 90 minutes prior to liftoff on this page.
Brooke Edwards is a Space Reporter for Florida Today. Contact her at bedwards@floridatoday.com or on X: @brookeofstars.
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