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TRACERS (Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites)

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    NASA Satellites Encapsulated for TRACERS Launch 

    Image shows a group of people in white bunny suits posing in front of a spacecraft fairing with two black satellites on top a shiny metallic box

    Final prelaunch operations are underway for NASA’s TRACERS (Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites) mission. Technicians encapsulated the twin satellites within a payload fairing on Friday, July 18, inside the Astrotech Space Operations facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.  The fairing will protect the mission during launch through the atmosphere and before […]

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    NASA’s TRACERS Mission Targeting Launch on July 22

    Two black satelittes over a dark blue background that represents Earth's atmosphere. Yellow lines are streaking around the satellites, representing solar wind entering Earth's atmosphere.

    NASA’s TRACERS (Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites) spacecraft are targeting launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket during a launch window that opens at 2:13 p.m. EDT (11:13 a.m. PDT) on Tuesday, July 22. The TRACERS mission and three NASA small satellites will launch from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space […]

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