When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 22 Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida on June 23, 2024. (Image credit: SpaceX) A NASA space telescope that will study the universe in high-energy gamma-ray light will get a ride to orbit with SpaceX a few years from now. The agency announced on Tuesday (July 2) that it has selected SpaceX's Falcon 9 to be the rocket ride for its Compton Spectrometer and Imager mission, or COSI for short. The observatory will lift off in August 2027 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, if all goes according to plan. The fixed-price launch contract is worth $69 million, NASA officials said. You may like