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Launches & Rockets

Google satellite launch delayed to October 1 due to missing license

The ASCENT Dual Mode mission, carrying Google's Project Suncatcher prototype, is targeted for October 1 from Vandenberg Space Force Base.

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Google's Project Suncatcher experimental orbital data center prototype satellite is scheduled to launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on October 1 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. [2]