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    NASA’s SunRISE Mission Reviewing Launch Date, Names New Science Lead

    Six identical CubeSats arranged in a semi-circle on a reflective blue surface, with their solar panels deployed. Each small, boxy satellite is mounted on a black stand. The background is a smooth, light-colored wall, illuminated with a warm, bright light from the upper right, mimicking a sunrise.

    The team for NASA’s SunRISE (Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment) is reviewing the mission’s launch date, with anticipated launch no earlier than September. The heliophysics mission is sharing a ride aboard a United Launch Alliance Vulcan-Centaur rocket carrying U.S. government payloads. The SunRISE mission consists of six toaster-size small satellites, or SmallSats, that will detect...

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