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NASA tech demonstrations and science missions launched into space –  NASA technology demonstrations and other science missions were launched into space aboard a Falcon Heavy rocket from the space agency’s Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida. The missions were part of the Department of Defense’s Space Test Program-2 (STP-2) launch. The missions will help in smarter spacecraft design and benefit the agency’s Moon to Mars exploration plans by offering more insight into the effects of radiation in space and testing an atomic clock that could change how spacecraft navigate. Now that the launch and deployments have completed, the missions will start to power on, communicate with Earth and gather data. Each of these missions will operate for a year, offering sufficient time to mature the technologies and gather valuable science data. Two NASA CubeSats that form the Enhanced Tandem Beacon Experiment (E-TBEx) were deployed. Working along with NOAA’s COSMIC-2 mission, E-TBEx will explore bubbles in the electrically charged layers of Earth’s upper atmosphere which can disrupt communications and GPS signals. NASA’s Deep Space Atomic Clock is a compact instrument traveling aboard a commercial satellite that was released into a low-Earth orbit. The clock will test a new way for spacecraft to navigate in deep space. The technology is expected to make GPS-like navigation possible on the Moon and Mars. The Green Propellant Infusion Mission (GPIM) was deployed and has started to power on. GPIM will test a new propulsion system that operates on a high-performance, non-toxic spacecraft fuel. This technology is expected to help propel constellations of small satellites in and beyond a low-Earth orbit. The last spacecraft to be released from STP-2 was the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Demonstration and Science Experiments (DSX). Onboard the rocket was an instrument designed by JPL to measure spacecraft vibrations and four NASA experiments that collectively form the Space Environment Testbeds (SET). SET will examine how to better protect satellites from space radiation by analyzing the harsh environment of space near Earth. This mission will test several strategies to reduce the impact.
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