1 of 5 | A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches a mission carrying satellites for NASA and NOAA from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on September 24, 2025. Photo by Joe Marino/UPI | License Photo
Sept. 24 (UPI) -- SpaceX launched a trio of spacecraft Wednesday morning, each meant to study the sun and space weather, and their affects on Earth.
The Falcon 9 rocket launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida around 7:30 a.m. EDT.
The primary payload on the flight was NASA's Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe, also known as IMAP, Space.com reported.
This observatory plans to study the heliosphere, a large, magnetic bubble created by the sun that envelops the entire solar system. The bubble protects the solar system from harmful radiation, critical to astronauts operating in space.
