NASA Launches Sounding Rocket from Australia’s Commercial Space Facility | Gadget Tsushin GetNews

[▲ “Black Brant IX” just before launch (Credit: ELA YouTube)]

NASA announced on June 26, 2022, from the Australian commercial space facility “Arnem Space Center” owned and operated by Equatorial Launch Australia (ELA), a ballistic flight rocket for scientific observation.Black Brant IXWas launched. NASA and ELA report that the onboard equipment was carried to an altitude of about 300 km and returned safely to the ground after conducting scientific observations.

Information about the launch is as follows.

■ Black Brant IX (Suborbital Rocket Missions)

Launch date and time: 23:30, June 26, 2022 Japan time[Success]
Launch site: Arnhem Space Center (Australia)
Payload: XQC (X-ray Quantum Calorimeter Experiment)

[▲ Reference image: Black Brant IX (Credit: NASA)]

Was installedXQCIs an X-ray observing device at the University of Wisconsin, and this is the seventh flight. According to NASA, the energy resolution of XQC has improved 50 times this time compared to past flights, and it was launched to observe X-ray radiation from a region that is only partially visible in the Northern Hemisphere. ..

According to ELA, this is the first time NASA has launched a rocket from a complete commercial space facility. This is also the first scientific observation mission scheduled to be launched three times from the Arnhem Space Center.

The next Black Brant IX launch from the Arnem Space Center is scheduled for the night of July 4, 2022 Japan time, and is a device that observes the nearest star “Alpha Centauri A / B” from the earth with ultraviolet rays.SISTINEIs installed.

Source

Image Credit: NASA, ELA
NASA – NASA Sounding Rocket Mission Seeks Source of X-rays Emanating From Inner Galaxy
ELA – Press Release

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