Auroral Substorm Experiment Launch

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NASA to launch three rockets from Alaska in single Aurora experiment

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Experiment could upend theory about aurora's interaction with thermosphere.

It may also improve space weather forecasting, critical as the world becomes increasingly reliant on satellite-based devices such as GPS units in everyday life.

The experiment, titled Auroral Waves Excited by Substorm Onset Magnetic Events , features one four -stage rocket and two two -stage rockets all launching in an approximately three-hour period.

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