The Sept. 14 launch was carried out with just 27 hours' notice, which is a new record.
form, except the dancing lights are caused by solar radiation heating up gases rather than their recombination.
The holes pose no threat to people on Earth's surface and naturally close up within a few hours as the recombined gases get re-ionized.awarded the Victus Nox contract in October 2022 but was told that it would have to launch the satellite at an unknown point in the future with less than 24 hours' warning. To accomplish this, the launch team had to update the rocket's trajectory software, encapsulate the satellite, get the satellite to the launch pad, place it in the rocket and go through the final checks within that time, according to a companyThe upper stage of the Alpha rocket releases the Victus Nox satellite into orbit around Earth on Sept. 14.
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