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This launch could be described as the bus ride for multiple projects that will be making several deployments, in fact, 20 of them. Not only it is deploying multiple projects, but within these 20 deployments there will be 24 different spacecrafts in three different orbits. After launch, deployments will begin approximately 12 minutes after liftoff and end approximately 3 hours, 32 minutes after liftoff.
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After the launch, the rocket’s center core will attempt to land on a drone ship on the Atlantic and
It's #LaunchDay!
— Irene Sans (@IreneSans) June 24, 2019
Aboard @SpaceX's #FalconHeavy rocket, set to launch tonight, are six microsatellites that aim to close the gaps of weather & climate information sent by GPS signals. #Climate (📽️ @NOAA)
Read about the satellites and mission here: https://t.co/wH4ZACCuWi pic.twitter.com/3cH2iy8hvx
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