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    Successful Liftoff, Signal Acquired for NASA’s Arcstone Satellite

    NASA’s Arcstone lunar calibration instrument lifted off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch of the Transporter-14 rideshare mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 2:25 PDT on June 23, 2025. Blue Canyon Technologies, which operates the spacecraft, established the first contact with Arcstone, and testing and commissioning are ongoing. Continue to follow NASA’s […]

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    NASA CubeSat Focuses on Instrument Calibration Enhancement

    Illustration shows picture of Earth with a CubeSat reflecting off of the Moon and Sun

    Editor’s note: SpaceX is now targeting Monday, June 23 for the launch of the Transporter-14 mission aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The 57-minute launch window opens at 2:18 p.m. PDT (5:18 p.m. EDT). NASA is preparing to launch a new lunar […]

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