This photograph supplied by NASA reveals SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket carrying the SPHEREx house telescope launched from Vandenberg Area Pressure Base in Calif., U.S., March 11. Yonhap
The SPHEREx, an area telescope collectively developed by Korea and america, has entered an preliminary operation stage following its profitable launch Wednesday, Seoul’s aerospace company mentioned.
The SPHEREx was launched from Vandenberg Area Pressure Base in California at 12:10 p.m. Wednesday (Korea time) on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, based on the Korea Aerospace Administration (KASA).
The SPHEREx observatory was indifferent from the rocket about three minutes after the launch and succeeded in speaking with Svalbard Floor Station in Norway, one of many U.S. Nationwide Aeronautics and Area Administration’s (NASA) close to house networks, at 1:30 p.m., it mentioned in a launch.
The 300 billion-won (US$488 million) telescope will survey the entire sky over its two-year mission after a 37-day preliminary operation with a view to assist scientists research how the universe shaped and advanced, it mentioned.
The SPHEREx telescope was collectively developed by the Korea Astronomy and Area Science Institute (KASI) and NASA. KASI is a analysis institute that belongs to KASA. (Yonhap)
