New Delhi: A SpaceX Falcon 9 successfully lifted off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre in Florida at 17:00 hours IST on Wednesday, 24 September, 2025. On board were three spacecraft dedicated to monitoring space weather produced by the Sun and its influence on the Solar System. The IMAP probe was the primary payload, with the Carruthers Observatory and SWFO-L1 piggybacking on the ride. The flight was nominal with the first stage successfully landing on the SpaceX droneship, ‘Just Read the Instructions’ stationed in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida. The Falcon 9 coasted for 40 minutes before briefly igniting its second stage to precisely inject the three payloads into their intended orbits.

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