December 23, 2024

SpaceX will launch a new X-ray space telescope for NASA Thursday. Here’s how to watch live.

You can also watch the launch straight through SpaceX and on YouTube.Related: Our X-Ray universe: Amazing images by NASAs Chandra X-Ray ObservatoryThe IXPE satellite will offer astronomers with a new tool to probe the secrets of the universe. Early Tuesday early morning (Dec. 7), an Atlas V blasted off from a surrounding launch pad, carrying a mix of payloads into space for the U.S. government.Related: SpaceXs most-flown Falcon 9 rocket is a sooty veteran after 10 launchesA SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying NASAs Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) area telescope stands at the launch pad prior to a Dec. 9, 2021, flight opportunity. Those launches consist of 4 Falcon 9s and one United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V. An illustration of the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) spacecraft, which will release on a SpaceX Falcon 9.

Early Tuesday morning (Dec. 7), an Atlas V blasted off from a surrounding launch pad, bring a mix of payloads into area for the U.S. government.Related: SpaceXs most-flown Falcon 9 rocket is a sooty veteran after 10 launchesA SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket bring NASAs Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) space telescope stands at the launch pad prior to a Dec. 9, 2021, flight chance. Those launches include four Falcon 9s and one United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V. An illustration of the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) spacecraft, which will release on a SpaceX Falcon 9.