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SUMMARY:🚀 Falcon 9 Block 5 | WSF-M2 & BLAZE-2 (USSF-178) – NET 2027
LOCATION:Space Launch Complex 4E\, Vandenberg SFB\, CA\, USA
DESCRIPTION:SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5\nWatch: https://www.youtube.com/resu
 lts?search_query=Falcon+9+Block+5+%7C+WSF-M2+%26+BLAZE-2+%28USSF-178%29+la
 unch+live\n\nSecond Weather System Follow-on (WSF) satellite.
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\nWSF-M (
 Weather System Follow-on - Microwave) is the next-generation operational e
 nvironmental satellite system for the Department of Defense (DoD)\, to rep
 lace the microwave wavelength weather forecasting capabilities of the DMSP
  satellites.
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\nBall Aerospace has been selected in late November 2017 t
 o be the prime contractor for 2 Low Earth Orbit (LEO) weather satellites w
 ith a passive microwave imaging radiometer instrument and hosted Governmen
 t furnished energetic charged particle (ECP) sensor space weather payload 
 developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory. The radiometer leverages t
 he Ball-built Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Microwave Imager (GMI
 ) instrument. 
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\nThis mission will improve weather forecasting over mar
 itime regions by taking global measurements of the atmosphere and ocean su
 rface.
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\nThe launch will also include BLAZE-2\, a launch opportunity fo
 r operational\, research\, development\, and prototype small satellites fr
 om across the DoD.
URL:https://nextliftoff.com/launch/bb34dbf6-9b46-400a-94d6-a0b6dbd6cb03
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