Falcon 9 Block 5 | BADR-8

Falcon 9 Block 5 | BADR-8

Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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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.

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BADR-8

Geostationary communications satellite built by Airbus Defense and Space and based on the Eurostar Neo platform for Arabsat.

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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


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Serial B1062

Status destroyed

Flight Proven Yes

Flights 23


Landing Attempt Yes

Landing Success Yes

Type ASDS

Location JRTI


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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-05-27T13:41:50+0000

Launch success.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-05-27T04:30:32+0000

Liftoff.

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LL2

2023-05-27T04:12:42+0000

Livestream has started

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-05-27T02:19:22+0000

New T-0.

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hitura-nobad

2023-05-26T19:45:18+0000

Weather 30% GO

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-05-25T02:22:31+0000

Weather 40% GO.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-05-25T01:47:11+0000

Delayed to NET May 27 due to weather.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-05-24T17:34:32+0000

Confirmed rescheduled for May 25 UTC.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-05-24T05:22:52+0000

Scrub due to weather, next launch attempt tomorrow.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-05-24T05:19:34+0000

Hold.

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LL2

2023-05-24T05:05:30+0000

Livestream has started

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-05-24T04:33:50+0000

New T-0.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-05-24T04:28:09+0000

New T-0.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-05-24T04:11:10+0000

New T-0.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-05-24T03:49:05+0000

New T-0.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-05-24T03:04:12+0000

New T-0.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-05-24T02:20:45+0000

NET 04:00 UTC.

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Nosu

2023-05-22T20:13:40+0000

Setting GO. Weather 25%

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Nosu

2023-05-22T06:30:30+0000

Weather 30%

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-05-20T10:14:57+0000

Updated launch window.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-05-18T02:03:08+0000

Tweaked T-0.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-05-17T17:34:57+0000

NET May 24 UTC.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-05-15T23:39:42+0000

No longer scheduled on May 22.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-04-25T16:08:04+0000

Added launch time.

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Nosu

2023-04-01T17:50:21+0000

Targeting May 22

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Nosu

2023-02-20T13:52:06+0000

NET May

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Nosu

2022-11-09T10:34:48+0000

Adding launch NET 2023

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