<ul><li>NASA's EZIE (Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer) mission launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 11:43 p.m. PDT on March 14 from Vandenberg Space Force Base.</li><li>The mission consists of three small satellites that will map the auroral electrojets and study the physics of how Earth interacts with its surrounding space.</li><li>Each satellite will individually tune its spacing and fly over the same region 2 to 10 minutes after the former for better understanding of the currents at different scales.</li><li>The EZIE mission aims to advance our understanding of Earth's electrojets and space weather, which will have implications for predicting and mitigating its disruptive impacts on society.</li></ul>

NASA’s EZIE Launches on Mission to Study Earth’s Electrojets

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