Falcon 9 Block 5 | Euclid

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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Euclid

Launch probability: 90%

European Space Agency telescope designed to explore the evolution of the dark Universe. It will make a 3D-map of the Universe (with time as the third dimension) by observing billions of galaxies out to 10 billion light-years, across more than a third of the sky.

Mission type: Astrophysics · Orbit: Sun-Earth L2

Rocket: Falcon 9 · Provider: SpaceX

Launch pad

Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · View on map (opens in new tab)

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