After a week of weather-related scrubs, we have another launch from the Cape!

Scheduled for (UTC)	2024-02-08, 06:33
Scheduled for (local)	2024-01-30, 01:33 (EST)
Mission	PACE
Booster	B1081-4
Landing	LZ-1
Payload	PACE
Customer	NASA
Mission success criteria	Successful launch and delivery to SSO

Webcasts

Stream	Link
Space Affairs	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdU0mwFfKcs
NASA	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtP0upSa_pU
NASA	https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ng5CSXzi_J0
NASASpaceflight	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiNl4D8ljWE
Spaceflight Now	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEgQlSOD0oM
The Launch Pad	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zwT0EfhKvU
SpaceX	None?
The Space Devs	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guKQKxA0Z1o

Stats

Sourced from NextSpaceflight and r/SpaceX:

☑️ 5th launch from SLC-40 this year

☑️ 8 days, 13:26:11 turnaround for this pad

☑️ 36th landing on LZ-1

☑️ 11th Falcon 9 launch this year, 297th Falcon 9 launch overall

☑️ 224th consecutive successful Falcon 9 launch (excluding Amos-6) (if successful)

☑️ 271st Falcon booster landing, 281st Falcon recovery attempt

☑️ 11th SpaceX launch this year

☑️ 311th SpaceX mission overall (excluding Starship hops)

☑️ 323rd SpaceX launch overall (including Starship hops)

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Mission info

• NextSpaceflight mission page
• SpaceX mission website
• Spaceflight Now article
• SpaceNews article
• NASASpaceFlight article

The PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) spacecraft is the next payload to launch into orbit that will build upon more than 20 years of direct Earth observation. Dr. Nicola Fox, the associate administrator for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, described the spacecraft as a “jewel” among the Earth-observing fleet.

PACE carries three instruments designed to study the ocean as well as clouds and aerosols in the atmosphere. Ocean Color Instrument (OCI), the primary instrument, will provide information on ocean color from ultraviolet to infrared wavelengths. It is accompanied by the Hyper Angular Research Polarimeter (HARP2) and Spectro-polarimeter for Planetary Exploration (SPEXone), which will provide data on atmospheric clouds and aerosols as well as support atmospheric correction of OCI data.