Falcon 9 Block 5 | BlueBird Block 1
Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Canaveral, FL, 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.
BlueBird Block 1
First five satellites for SpaceMobile’s cellphone-compatible broadband constellation.
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 317
Consecutive Success 20
Maiden Flight 2018-05-11
Launch Failures 1
Core
Serial B1078
Status active
Flight Proven Yes
Flights 13
Landing Attempt Yes
Landing Success Yes
Type RTLS
Location LZ-1
Updates
Nosu
2024-09-12T12:07:00+0000
Signal acquired with all 5 satellites
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-09-12T10:02:00+0000
All 5 satellites have been deployed.
hitura-nobad
2024-09-12T08:52:00+0000
Liftoff!
LL2
2024-09-12T07:36:00+0000
Official Webcast by AST SpaceMobile has started
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-09-12T04:45:00+0000
Tweaked launch window.
Nosu
2024-09-11T15:00:00+0000
Weather is 30% favorable for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-09-08T02:14:00+0000
Tweaked launch window per marine navigation warnings.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-09-04T13:11:00+0000
Adding launch date and time.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-09-01T02:01:34+0000
Changed launch pad - NET mid-September.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-07-26T14:05:29+0000
NET September.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-04-02T01:52:34+0000
NET Q3 2024.
Nosu
2024-01-19T18:24:05+0000
Delayed to Q2 2024
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-01-07T05:24:30+0000
NET March 2024.
Nosu
2022-08-19T07:19:31+0000
Adding launch NET late 2023
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