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SpaceX to launch NASA's Pandora exoplanet satellite Jan. 11

SpaceX will launch NASA's Pandora exoplanet-studying satellite Sunday, Jan. 11, with liftoff scheduled for 8:19 a.m. ET. Pandora is designed to observe exoplanet systems; live coverage will stream the liftoff and initial post‑launch status updates.

Discovered 2026-01-10T08:07:18.075535-08:00 | 2026-01-10T08:07:18.075535-08:00

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What Hype is tracking

  • Liftoff scheduled for 8:19 a.m. ET on Jan. 11 is an immediate operational milestone for range, tracking and downstream mission activities; it sits within SpaceX's concentrated early‑2026 launch cadence (see recent coverage of the company's busy launch week)
  • Pandora is a NASA science payload whose timely deployment affects agency science schedules and underscores NASA's continued use of commercial launch services (context available in coverage of SpaceX opening its 2026 launch campaign)

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