GSFC_20240208_PACE_002300
NASA’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) spacecraft, atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, successfully lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 1:33 a.m. EST Thursday, Feb. 8. PACE is NASA’s newest earth-observing satellite that will help increase our understanding of Earth’s oceans, atmosphere, and climate by delivering hyperspectral observations of microscopic marine organisms called phytoplankton, as well new data on clouds and aerosols.
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GSFC_20240208_PACE_002300
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February 8, 2024
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GSFC
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NASA / Denny Henry; Desiree Stover; Barbara Lambert; Katie Mellos; and Mike Guinto
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