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hi i'm nasa kennedy's you're at the wolf

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and this is kennedy countdown

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nasa's laser communications relay

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demonstration or lcrd launched aboard a

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united launch alliance atlas 5 rocket

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from launch complex 41 on cape canaveral

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space force station in florida on

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december 7th at 5 19 a.m eastern time

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the satellite system launched as part of

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the department of defense's space test

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program 3 mission along with another

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nasa payload

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the ultraviolet spectral coronagraph

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pathfinder

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lcrd will test nasa's first end-to-end

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laser communication relay system

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demonstrating 10 to 100 times more

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just two days later nasa's imaging s3

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polarimetry explorer or xp launched

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aboard a spacex falcon 9 rocket from

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kennedy space center's launch complex

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39a during the early morning hours on

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december 9th

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xp is the agency's first satellite

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dedicated to measuring the polarization

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of x-rays

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from a variety of cosmic sources

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the observatory will fly three space

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telescopes with sensitive detectors

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capable of collecting and making images

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of x-rays from black holes neutron stars

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and other cosmic phenomena

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xp will study about 40 celestial objects

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during his first year in space

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with more detailed follow-up

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observations during its second year

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xp's launch was managed by nasa's launch

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services program based at kennedy

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