SpaceX Deployed Euclid Space Telescope To Hunt Dark Matter

SpaceX deployed the Euclid space telescope shortly after launch last month. Euclid is a dark matter and dark energy hunter.  Credit: SpaceX

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00:00 Thanks for joining us once again for the ESA Euclid launch.

00:03 We've had a great mission so far and we have just one more major milestone left in our mission, which is payload deploy.

00:11 Built and operated by the European Space Agency or ESA with contributions from NASA and the Euclid consortium,

00:18 the Euclid spacecraft will be operated from European Space Operations Center in Darmstadt, Germany.

00:24 It will explore dark matter and dark energy, which combined is known to make up 95% of the universe as we know it,

00:31 and create an unmatched 3D map of the universe with time as the third dimension by observing billions of galaxies

00:38 across 10 billion years of cosmic time across more than a third of the sky.

00:43 The deployment is coming up here in just a few seconds.

00:47 Euclid spacecraft separation confirmed.

00:57 And there you can see the Euclid payload drifting away from Falcon 9's second stage.

01:07 With that confirmation, we'll bring today's webcast to a close.

01:14 Today's mission marked SpaceX's 243rd overall mission to date and 44th mission of this year.

01:21 We want to thank the European Space Agency for entrusting us with today's mission and all of you for joining us.

01:27 If you're interested in following the Euclid mission further, tune into YouTube.com/ESA for more.

01:33 And be on the lookout for the first images from the Euclid telescope later this fall.

01:38 Thanks for tuning in and we'll see you again soon.