{"id":268389,"date":"2025-07-17T04:26:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T04:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/268389\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T04:26:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T04:26:08","slug":"spacex-to-launch-nasas-tracers-to-understand-earths-magnetic-re-connection-on-tuesday-from-california-satnews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/268389\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX to launch NASA\u2019s TRACERS to understand Earth\u2019s magnetic re-connection on Tuesday from California \u2013 SatNews"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"382\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Screen-Shot-2025-07-16-at-5.36.54-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-58549\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"  \/>TRACERS Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-vivid-red-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-7289c857bf6d19a79acf7f613d752933\"><strong>SpaceX\u2019s Falcon 9 will launch Tuesday, July 22, at  11:05 AM \u2013 12:44 PM PDT from Vandenberg, California to reach Heliophysics <strong>Orbit<\/strong>, Sun-Synchronous Orbit.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>NASA\u2019s Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites (TRACERS) mission, consisting of two identical satellites that will orbit Earth in tandem (one following the other), will help understand magnetic re-connection and its effects in Earth\u2019s atmosphere. Magnetic re-connection occurs when activity from the Sun interacts with Earth\u2019s magnetic field. By understanding this process, scientists will be able to better understand and prepare for impacts of solar activity on Earth.<\/p>\n<p>The Falcon 9 booster will attempt to return to the launch site at LZ-4 after its flight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TRACERS Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites SpaceX\u2019s Falcon 9 will launch Tuesday, July 22, at 11:05&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":268390,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3844],"tags":[70,413,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-268389","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-space","8":"tag-science","9":"tag-space","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114866682871552637","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268389\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/268390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}