2021–Present: Lunar Return, New Stations and Deep-Space Science
SPHEREx
All-sky near-infrared spectral survey of galaxies, stars and cosmic ices.
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- Launch
- 12 Mar 2025
- Lead / partner
- United States
- Target
- Earth orbit
- Category
- Space observatory
- Status
- Operational
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Mass
- unknown
- Orbit / trajectory
- Geocentric orbit
- Duration
- Planned: 25 months Elapsed:
Why it happened
SPHEREx flew during 2021–Present: Lunar Return, New Stations and Deep-Space Science, as part of United States's work toward earth orbit. A sourced write-up of the context around this mission is still on the editorial queue; nothing here is invented to fill the gap.
The mission
The full narrative of this mission is pending research and writing. What is recorded so far: All-sky near-infrared spectral survey of galaxies, stars and cosmic ices.
Results
All-sky near-infrared spectral survey of galaxies, stars and cosmic ices.
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Sources & image credits
- Image credit: NASA · license: public-domain (source, checked 2026-08-23)
- Mission record: AntarikshPedia canonical dataset (data-sources/missions_timeline.md)
- Specifications reference: NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog