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ARCHIVED: NASA LSP
@NASA_LSP
Launch Services Program ✨ Earth's Bridge to Space ✨ NASA’s provider of a commercial launch experience, matching spacecraft to launch vehicles since 1998!
Kennedy Space Center, FL
Joined August 2008
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    As of today, this account is officially archived. This may be our last post, but it definitely won't be our last launch! Stay up to date on all the latest news and information about NASA's Launch Services Program at nasa.gov/kennedy/launch… and by following these accounts:
    Extreme wide shot of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carrying NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft as it lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 14, 2024.
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    🚀NASA has selected @SpaceX to launch Dragonfly! .@NASA's Dragonfly mission is a rotorcraft that has eight rotors and flies like a large drone. It will explore Saturn's moon Titan examining dozens of promising locations. Titan is the second largest moon in our solar system and
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    We have confirmation that the #ParkerSolarProbe solar panels have been deployed.
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    🚀 @NASA & @SpaceX are completing key milestones for the #DARTmission! Last week, the DART spacecraft was encapsulated inside the payload fairings that will protect it during launch atop a #Falcon9 and teams completed a successful Flight Readiness Review: go.nasa.gov/3FEWPGk
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    3... 2... 1... IMPACT!🛰🎯🪨 #ICYMI the world watched LIVE as @NASA struck an asteroid in a first-ever test of #planetarydefense!👀 Get the up-close view as #DARTMission impacted asteroid Dimorphos! The test will give more information on protecting Earth from asteroid threats.
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    T-2 hours! 🛰️ We are only 2 hours away from the liftoff of U.S.-European Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite and the @NASA team is on console and ready to proceed. #SeeingTheSeas
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    Welcome to the LSP Fleet, Starship! @SpaceX's Starship rocket has been added to our NASA Launch Services II contract as part of the annual on-ramp process, which allows providers to introduce launch services not currently on contract. nasa.gov/news-release/n…
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    What a view! 🚀 Today, an #Antares rocket successfully launched the S.S. Katherine Johnson #Cygnus spacecraft carrying about 8,000 pounds of cargo and providing a ride to IT-SPINS, our ELaNa 33 CubeSat. Follow the ELaNa missions: go.nasa.gov/3l7RDQo
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    Spacecraft. Stacked. Continuing on its path to preparation for next month’s launch, the @NASAPersevere rover spacecraft is, well, put together. Liftoff is targeted for July 20 on board a @ulalaunch Atlas V rocket at 9:15 a.m. ET. Learn more: blogs.nasa.gov/mars2020/
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    Keep up with #SeeingTheSeas! 🌊🛰️ Want to "sea" what Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich is up to a week after launching from @30thSpaceWing? Follow its journey as it orbits Earth ➡️ go.nasa.gov/36d2Rz3
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    Let's launch this sea scout! 🌊🔍 Today at 9:17 a.m. PT, we are launching the U.S.-European Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich ocean-monitoring satellite aboard @SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket from @30thSpaceWing. Follow #SeeingTheSeas to "sea" what happens next!
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    Rollout of the @SpaceX #Falcon9 rocket with Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich was completed this afternoon. The Earth-observing mission is slated to launch tomorrow, Nov. 21, at 9:17 a.m. PT from @30thSpaceWing in California: go.nasa.gov/2Uvu60Q #SeeingTheSeas 🌊
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    🚀LAUNCH UPDATE 🛰🛰 Due to weather, @RocketLab and @NASA are now targeting 1 am EDT Tues, 23 May (5 pm NZST) for the final TROPICS launch. Two #CubeSats are set to join a constellation to improve forecasting of typhoons and hurricanes. For updates ▶blogs.nasa.gov/smallsatellite…
    A black painted rocket fairing sits upright in a clear room. The NASA logo and the mission name of TROPICS is printed on it.
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    The @ulalaunch #AtlasV rocket carrying the @NASAPersevere rover has made its final move on Earth: the short journey from the Vertical Integration Facility to the launch pad. Liftoff is targeted for 7:50 a.m. ET on Thursday, July 30 with a two-hour window. #CountdownToMars
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