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SUMMARY:LAUNCH OF ESA'S EUCLID COSMOLOGY MISSION\, July 1\, 2023\, CCSFS\, 11:12 am ET (ESA TV begins 10:30 am ET)
DESCRIPTION:Update: The launch time has been refined by 1 minute. It is now 11:12 am ET. \nOriginal Entry: The European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) Euclid cosmology mission that will search for clues about dark energy and dark matter — which together comprise 95% of the universe\, but otherwise are unknown — will launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station\, FL on July 1\, 2023 at 11:11 am ET.  July 2 is a backup launch date if needed. \nESA will broadcast the launch live beginning at 10:30 am EDT on its website and YouTube.  The coverage schedule and links to the webcast are in the ESA press release.  Times are as follows in Central European Summer Time (subtract 6 for EDT): \n16:30–18:10 Launch programme \nKey milestones\nOn launch day the following key milestones will be included in the launch programme and covered by ESA social media channels. \n17:11 Euclid launch on SpaceX Falcon 9\n17:53 Separation of Euclid from Falcon 9\n17:57 Earliest expected time to acquire Euclid’s signal \n  \nThis is a rare instance of ESA launching on a U.S. rocket. Euclid was intended to launch on a Russian Soyuz rocket from ESA’s launch site in Kourou\, French Guiana\, but European-Russian space cooperation on launch vehicles (and in most other space activities) ended when Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022.  At the same time\, ESA’s new Ariane 6 rocket experienced delays and all the launches of Ariane 5 were already booked\, so the decision was made to launch on SpaceX’s Falcon 9.
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