NASA’s IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe) will help researchers better understand the boundary of the heliosphere, a vast magnetic bubble created by the Sun surrounding and protecting our solar system from harmful radiation across the galaxy. The heliosphere consists of the continual flow of energetic particles from the Sun, known as solar wind, as […]
Online coverage is underway for this morning’s launch of NASA’s IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe), Carruthers Geocorona Observatory, and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Space Weather Follow – On Lagrange 1 (SWFO-L1) satellite. NASA’s IMAP will use 10 science instruments to study and map the heliosphere, a vast magnetic bubble surrounding the Sun […]
NASA will have live launch coverage of NASA's Carruthers Geocorona Observatory on the agency's IMAP blog:
science.nasa.gov/blogs/imap
There are several key milestones we will be tracking tomorrow morning during launch coverage of NASA’s IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe) observatory and its two rideshares, NASA’s Carruthers Geocorona Observatory, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Space Weather Follow-On Lagrange 1 (SWFO-L1) spacecraft. Time Events (all times are approximate): -00:38:00 SpaceX Launch […]
The U.S. Space Force’s 45th Weather Squadron predicts a 90% chance of favorable weather during tomorrow’s launch of NASA’s IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe) mission. The primary weather concern is the cumulus cloud rule. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will launch NASA’s IMAP and its two rideshares no earlier than 7:30 a.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. […]
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, carrying NASA’s heliosphere and space weather science missions inside the payload fairing, was raised to vertical on Sept. 22, at Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe) is the second flight of this booster. The first flight was KF-1, the […]
NASA and SpaceX are now targeting 7:30 a.m. EDT, Wednesday Sept. 24 for the launch of NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) space weather missions on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at Launch Complex 39A from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to allow more time for the recovery assets to arrive […]
NASA, SpaceX, and spacecraft mission managers are moving forward with the launch of the agency’s IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe) mission to study space weather from the Sun and map the edges of our solar system. During the agency’s Launch Readiness Review, Dr. Denton Gibson, NASA’s launch director, and the launch team polled “go” […]
