Welcome to Launch Day for NASA’s Pandora Mission, CubeSats
Snippet of Article: "...Sunday, Jan. 11, from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California for launch of its Twilight commercial rideshare mission that includes NASA’s Pandora small satellite. A live webcast of this mission will begin about 15 minutes prior to liftoff, watch the launch coverage here.
Pandora will travel to sun-synchronous orbit to study the atmospheres of at least 20 exoplanets and the activity of their host stars. In this orbit, it will pass over the same spot on Earth at roughly the same time each day, with the Sun positioned behind the satellite to minimize light variations. ..."