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PUNCH Sun Conjunction Mention

Briefly: the PUNCH mission to monitor the Sun states that they are still tracking interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, even though the small body has passed “behind” the Sun (as seen from Earth). In other words, ‘solar conjunction’: bsky.app/profile/kwalsh4a.bsky.social/post/3m2rnxlgigs2v “While 3I Atlas… Read More »PUNCH Sun Conjunction Mention

PUNCH Catches ATLAS Passage

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Briefly: I post on the PUNCH mission, since Sungrazing comets are relevant (including ‘comets’- asteroids passing so close to the Sun that rock vaporizes and emits). Now, PUNCH is relevant for (barely) tracking 3I/ATLAS as it starts going behind the Sun… Read More »PUNCH Catches ATLAS Passage

SPHEREx, PUNCH Up

The launch of the SPHEREx spectrometry mission and PUNCH heliospheric mission, on a single rocket, was successful. All four PUNCHes and SPHEREx deployed from the second stage. SPHEREx, for one, has successfully communicated with the ground; the PUNCH team has… Read More »SPHEREx, PUNCH Up

SPHEREx Still on Our Sphere

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Launch delay, again. The SPHEREx mission (plus the PUNCH cluster as secondary payloads) is on hold for the time being; issues with the Starship rocket apparently warrant an investigation across the SpaceX booster lineup.