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