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Successful launch of #NASA’s Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem mission #PACE! 🚀 🛰️

Its three instruments #OCI, #HARP2, and #SPEXone will give valuable data on phytoplankton in oceans, cloud formation, and fine particles in the atmosphere, to better monitor ocean health, air quality, and climate change.

The NL-built SPEXone polarimeter was developed by #SRON and #AirbusNL, supported by #TNO, to give unsurpassed polarimetric accuracy.

https://pace.gsfc.nasa.gov/

#KeepingPACE #Airbus

And indeed: no launch today!

The launch of NASA’s PACE mission has been rescheduled for 8 Feb 07:33 CET / 06:33 GMT, see https://blogs.nasa.gov/pace/

Had I already mention it has an NL-built instrument on board? SPEXone, an amazing polarimeter!

NASA TV will be live-streaming the launch, presumably still at https://youtube.com/live/AtP0upSa_pU

#KeepingPACE #NASA #PACE #SPEXone #OCI #HARP2 #SRON #AirbusNL #TNO #Airbus

EDIT: delayed until 8 Feb.

It’s not looking great for tomorrow morning, currently the weather is about 50% for launch, see https://blogs.nasa.gov/pace/

Keep your fingers crossed for the launch of NASA’s PACE mission, with SPEXone!

Currently foreseen for 7 Feb, 07:33 CET / 06:33 GMT. NASA TV will be live-streaming it at https://www.youtube.com/live/AtP0upSa_pU

#KeepingPACE #NASA #PACE #SPEXone #OCI #HARP2 #SRON #AirbusNL #TNO #Airbus

EDIT: plus another 24h makes everything shift to the 8th, same times!

Alas, 24h delays because of strong winds!

Tomorrow morning 7 Feb, again at 07:33 CET / 06:33 GMT - the launch of NASA’s Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem mission PACE, carrying the NL-built SPEXone instrument.

Launch stream: 7 February from 06:45 CET / 05:45 GMT at https://www.youtube.com/live/AtP0upSa_pU

#KeepingPACE #NASA #PACE #SPEXone #OCI #HARP2 #SRON #AirbusNL #TNO

EDIT: delayed until 8 Feb, see next posts.

Tomorrow morning at 07:33 CET / 06:33 GMT - the launch of NASA’s Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem mission PACE, carrying the NL-built SPEXone instrument.

Pre-launch briefing: today 5 February at 15:00 CET / 14:00 GMT at https://www.youtube.com/live/03HJCnQBkpY

Launch stream: 6 February from 06:45 CET / 05:45 GMT at https://www.youtube.com/live/AtP0upSa_pU

#KeepingPACE #NASA #PACE #SPEXone #OCI #HARP2 #SRON #AirbusNL #TNO