NASA’s SunRISE Mission Changes Launch Vehicle to SpaceX Falcon Heavy - NASA Science

Sun sets on Vulcan Centaur as NASA moves SunRISE to SpaceX Falcon Heavy

NASA has performed a rocket switcheroo and will launch its SunRISE mission on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy instead of the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan Centaur on which it was originally booked to fly. The mission is flying as a rideshare sponsored by the United States Space Force's Space Systems Command, which might go some way to explaining the decision to change the launch vehicle. In February, the fourth Vulcan Centaur flight experienced a bo…

NASA’s SunRISE Mission Changes Launch Vehicle to SpaceX Falcon Heavy - NASA Science

NASA’s SunRISE (Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment) mission will launch on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in

NASA shifts SunRISE mission to SpaceX Falcon Heavy, drops Vulcan Centaur launch

NASA has moved its SunRISE mission from the ULA Vulcan Centaur rocket to a SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch, with an updated launch date yet to be announced. The mission’s six SmallSats will work together as a giant radio telescope to detect solar radio bursts that can provide early warning of harmful space weather events.