Falcon 9 Block 5 | Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission (ASBM)
Space Launch Complex 4E
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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SpaceX
Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.
Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission (ASBM)
ASBM (Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission) 1 & 2 are two twin satellites built by Northrop Grumman for Space Norway, in cooperation with Inmarsat and the Norwegian Ministry of Defence. They are designed to bring mobile broadband coverage in the Arctic for both civilians and military. The US Air Force provides the Extremely High Frequency eXtended Data Rate payloads on ASBM satellites as part of the Enhanced Polar System Recapitalization (EPS-R) program.
Falcon 9 Block 5
Height 70.00 Meters
Max Stages 2
Mass To GTO 8300 kg
Liftoff Thrust 7607 kN
Diameter 3.65 Meters
Mass To LEO 22800 kg
Liftoff Mass 549 Tonnes
Launch Success 342
Consecutive Success 45
Maiden Flight 2018-05-11
Launch Failures 1
Core
Serial B1061
Status expended
Flight Proven Yes
Flights 23
Landing Attempt Yes
Landing Success Yes
Type ASDS
Location OCISLY
Updates
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-08-12T12:52:36+0000
Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-08-12T02:54:36+0000
Both payload have been deployed.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-08-12T02:03:10+0000
Liftoff.
LL2
2024-08-12T01:43:06+0000
Unofficial Webcast by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-08-09T00:47:29+0000
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-08-04T16:07:32+0000
Added tentative launch date and time.
Nosu
2024-07-12T14:46:13+0000
Reverting to TBD July pending completion of the investigation into the Starlink Group 9-3 second engine failure
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-07-10T03:15:50+0000
Targeting NET July 16 UTC per NOTAM B0564/24.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-07-09T23:51:43+0000
NET July 14 UTC.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-04-29T14:36:15+0000
NET late July.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-04-02T13:29:04+0000
NET Q3 2024.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-11-21T13:57:14+0000
NET mid-2024.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-10-27T02:17:08+0000
NET Q4 2023.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-05-12T02:14:34+0000
NET 2024.
Nosu
2022-06-09T07:45:25+0000
Adding launch NET early 2023
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