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NASA's IMAP Set for 2025 Launch to Map Heliopause

9/11/2025

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NASA's Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) will launch on September 23, 2025, from Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
The mission features three spacecraft: IMAP, NOAA's SWFO-L1, and NASA's Carruthers Geocorona Observatory.
IMAP will map the heliosphere and issue early warnings of radiation storms for astronaut safety.
The CU Boulder-built Interstellar Dust Experiment (IDEX) will analyze interstellar dust.
NOAA's SWFO-L1 will monitor space weather, while the Carruthers Observatory will study Earth's exosphere.

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NASA's Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) will launch on September 23, 2025, from Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
The mission features three spacecraft: IMAP, NOAA's SWFO-L1, and NASA's Carruthers Geocorona Observatory.
IMAP will map the heliosphere and issue early warnings of radiation storms for astronaut safety.
The CU Boulder-built Interstellar Dust Experiment (IDEX) will analyze interstellar dust.
NOAA's SWFO-L1 will monitor space weather, while the Carruthers Observatory will study Earth's exosphere.