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PACE Prelaunch News Conference

KSC, Florida Falcon 9 Block 5 | PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem)

PACE Prelaunch News Conference with the following participants:

- NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free
- Karen St. Germain, director, Earth Science Division, NASA
- Tim Dunn, senior launch director, Launch Services Program, NASA
- Julianna Scheiman, director, Civil Satellite Missions, SpaceX
- Brian Cizek, launch weather officer, 45th Weather Squadron, U.S. Space Force

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Falcon 9 Block 5 | PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem)

SpaceX | United States of America
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Feb. 8, 2024, 6:33 a.m.

Status: Launch Successful

Mission:

PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) is a NASA Earth observation satellite mission. It will make global ocean color measurements to provide extended data records on ocean ecology and global biogeochemistry (e.g., carbon cycle) along with polarimetry measurements to provide extended data records on clouds and aerosols.

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