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Pandora, a keen-eyed satellite built to study exoplanets, readies for launch

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Pandora, the latest in a long portfolio of University of Arizona's space science missions, has cleared its last major milestone on its journey into space. This week, Pandora—a satellite about the size of fridge—was mounted inside the launch vehicle, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Pandora now awaits blast-off from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The launch window opens at 6:19 a.m. Arizona time (8:19 a.m. EST) on …

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On Sunday, January 11, NASA will launch the Pandora telescope, a new scientific mission designed to study exoplanets and the stars that orbit them. Takeoff is scheduled from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, United States, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The launch will begin at 8:19 a.m. EST, corresponding to 5:19 a.m. PST, and will be broadcast live via the official SpaceX website. The launch window will last 57 minutes. In case …

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Phys.org broke the news in United Kingdom on Saturday, January 10, 2026.
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