The launch of the American Space Observatory of Spherex, intended to study the process of the emergence of the Universe in the first moments of its appearance, is again transferred.
This was reported by the press service of the American National Aeronautics and Space Studies (English National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Sokr. NASA) on Monday, March 10.
“NASA and SpaceX set a new launch date – no earlier than Monday, March 10, for the missions of the agency Spherex and Punch on the Falcon 9 missile. With the transition to summer time, the launch is now scheduled for 23.10 East time (20.10 Pacific time) from the 4th East (SLC -4) cosmodrome at the base. Vandenberg space forces in California, ”follows from the publication.
The direct broadcast of the launch of Spherex and Punch will begin at 22.15 on March 10 and will be broadcast on NASA+.
Previously, the launch using the Falcon 9 missile was planned on March 4, and then March 9th.
The NASA Spherex space telescope should be launched from the Vandenberg space military base in California on board the SpaceX Falcon 9 missiles. The observatory will mention the entire heavenly sky four times in two years, creating a three -dimensional card of more than 450 million galaxies.
The goal of the new observatory is to search for the basic components of life in the Galaxy Milky Way, such as water and carbon dioxide. The mission will allow the most details to consider the interstellar clouds of dust, where stars and planets are formed, and then to accurately determine the location and number of these ice compounds.
The device has to collect data spilling light at the so -called inflationary moment, when in a split second after a large explosion the space increased by trillions times, turning into an extensive and expanding universe.
Spherex will make a map of the universe, collecting data in optical and infrared light. The telescope is able to recognize the infrared light, which is difficult to observe from the Earth. The spectrophotometer will be used to create a map of the entire heavenly vault into 102 infrared ranges and collect data on a billionaire of celestial objects.
At the moment, the NASA Star Fleet already has such powerful spacecraft as the Hubble and Webb telescopes, which have allowed to examine many unique corners of the Universe in detail. But with the help of the new spherex observatory, scientists will receive common cards of the whole sky.
In addition, the space telescope will measure the general glow of all galaxies, including those that other telescopes cannot easily detect. In combination with studies of individual galaxies by other telescopes, the measurement of this general glow will give a more complete picture of how the light flow of galaxies has changed throughout the history of the Universe.