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SpaceX launches new space telescope

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Astronomers will use the mission to collect data on more than 300 million galaxies, as well as more than 100 million stars in the Milky Way galaxy.

Elon Musk’s company SpaceX has won a contract with NASA to launch a new telescope into space. This is reported on the NASA website.

It was noted that the SPHEREx near-infrared astrophysical mission, planned for two years, will serve as a powerful tool for answering cosmic questions related to the birth of the Universe and the subsequent development of galaxies.

In addition, the telescope will look for water and organic molecules – necessary for life – in regions where stars are born from gas and dust, as well as disks around stars where they can form. of new planets.

The mission is due to launch in June 2024 on a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex-4E at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

The total cost of the telescope launch is approximately US$98.8 million, which includes launch services and other mission-related costs.

It was previously reported that the NASA Artemis I program to return to the moon will begin on August 29.

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