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Falcon 9 Rocket on Internal Power and Ready to Launch – Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE)

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Date: 2021-12-09 00:00:00

Everything is looking great as NASA’s Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) spacecraft, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, prepares to launch into the sky from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. We are now just about 5 minutes away from liftoff.

NASA Launch Director Tim Dunn reported the rocket is on internal power and it is ready to launch. Stage 1 launch load is complete.

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[1] Url: https://blogs.nasa.gov/ixpe/2021/12/09/ixpes-final-countdown-begins/

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