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NASA launches first rocket from Australian space center - CNN
Jun 27, 2022 44 secs
The rocket blasted off at just past midnight local time Monday from the Arnhem Space Center on the Dhupuma Plateau, near the township of Nhulunbuy, according to Equatorial Launch Australia (ELA), the developer, owner and operator of the center.

The rocket is expected to travel more than 300 kilometers (186 miles) into space on its mission to observe the Alpha Centauri A and B constellations -- the nearest star systems to the Earth.

Alpha Centauri bears a special meaning for Australia.

NASA is the first client for the commercial spaceport operated by ELA and 70 of its staff have traveled to Australia for the three missions.

The American space agency said the mission will study the evolution of galaxies by measuring X-rays produced by hot gases that fill the space between stars.

The Arnhem Space Center describes itself as the only commercially owned and run multi-user equatorial launch site in the world.

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