Watch Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch of NASA’s IXPE Mission [VIDEO]

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SpaceX is ready to launch its Falcon 9 rocket for NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) mission, from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The launch is set for 10am PT/1AM ET (6:00 UTC).

This particular Falcon 9 booster will be its fifth flight, after previously launching Crew-1, Crew-2, SXM-8, and CRS-23.

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The Falcon 9 first stage will land autonomously on the droneship, Just Read the Instructions, located in the Atlantic Ocean.

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