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DSCOVR launch

Tomorrow will be an exciting day for every space weather enthusiast out there as the Deep Space Climate Observatory spacecraft, or DSCOVR will launch into space from Cape Canaveral, Florida. DSCOVR will be operated by NOAA and is set to succeed the role of NASA's Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) in providing real-time solar wind data from the L1 orbit which is the neutral gravity point between the Earth and the Sun approximately 932.000 miles (1.5 million kilometers) from Earth.

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