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NASA Wallops Flight Facility - Sounding Rockets Program Office Code 810

DEUCE will observe α Centauri A and B. DEUCE will measure a so-far unstudied part of their extreme ultraviolet light spectrum. These measurements are needed to model stars similar to and smaller than our Sun, as well as understand their effects on planetary atmospheres. The Principal Investigator i...

DEUCE

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Overview

Destination: Suborbital
Mission: Astrophysics

Suborbital Suborbital Launch Ramp Arnhem Space Centre

The Dual-channel Extreme Ultraviolet Continuum Experiment (DEUCE) is a payload from the University of Colorado. its objective is to observe α Centauri A & B and measure a so-far unstudied part of their extreme ultraviolet light spectrum. These measurements are needed to model stars similar to and smaller than our Sun, as well as understand their effects on planetary atmospheres.

Updates

Jay • July 11, 2022, 12:08 p.m.

Launch successful


Jay • July 11, 2022, 11:01 a.m.

Liftoff


Jay • July 11, 2022, 10:57 a.m.

Hold released, new T-0 roughly 11:01 UTC


Jay • July 11, 2022, 10:55 a.m.

Holding to sync clocks


Jay • July 11, 2022, 10:26 a.m.

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Black Brant IX

Family:
Configuration: IX

The Black Brant IX is a Canadian-designed sounding rocket used by the CSA and NASA.

Specifications
  • Stages
    2
  • Length
    12.2 m
  • Diameter
    0.46 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    0.46 m
  • Launch Mass
    2.0 T
  • Thrust
Family
  • Name
    Black Brant IX
  • Family
  • Variant
    IX
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Black Brant IX
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
  • Low Earth Orbit
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

Magellan Aerospace Corporation

Magellan Aerospace Corporation

(MAC)

CEO: Phillip Underwood Founded: 1996 Successes: 0 Failures: 0 Pending: 0

Agency Type:

Magellan Aerospace Corporation is a Canadian manufacturer of aerospace systems and components.

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