PUNCH Satellites Arrival at Astrotech, VSFB (KSC-20250118-PH-ANV01 0039).jpg

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English: NASA’s four PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) satellites arrive at Astrotech Space Operations located inside Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025. The four satellites of PUNCH will make 3D observations of the Sun’s corona to learn how the mass and energy becomes solar wind. PUNCH, along with NASA’s SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer), a space telescope, will launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in late February 2025.

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Taken on 18 January 2025

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NASA Kennedy Space Center / USSF 30th Space Wing/Alex Valdez

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Astrotech Space Operations; PUNCH; Kennedy Space Center; NASA; LSP; Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere; SPHEREx; SpaceX Falcon 9; National Aeronautical and Space Administration; Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer; Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe; KSC; Vandenberg Space Force Base; Launch Services Program

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