Falcon 9 Block 5 | Galileo L13 (FOC FM26 & FM32)

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Galileo L13 (FOC FM26 & FM32)

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.

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Galileo L13 (FOC FM26 & FM32)

Two satellites for Europe's Galileo navigation system. Originally planned for launch on Soyuz-ST and then Ariane 6 but both were unavailable. Galileo provides Europe with an alternative to the American GPS and Russian GLONASS constellations, but will be interoperable with both systems.

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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 314

Consecutive Success 17

Maiden Flight 2018-05-11

Launch Failures 1


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Cosmic_Penguin

2024-09-04T13:40:00+0000

NET September 15 (launch window per https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=60787.msg2620952#msg2620952)

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Cosmic_Penguin

2024-09-02T16:37:32+0000

Tweaked T-0.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2024-09-02T14:06:12+0000

Added launch window per marine navigation warnings.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2024-09-02T11:45:01+0000

NET September 9.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2024-09-01T02:00:24+0000

Targeting NET early September 2024.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2024-05-30T23:50:04+0000

NET September 13.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2024-04-29T04:12:25+0000

NET September 2024.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-11-07T15:16:52+0000

NET July 2024.

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Nosu

2023-10-05T09:31:36+0000

Moving the launch to Falcon 9 TBD 2024 pending official confirmation

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Nosu

2022-01-08T08:47:48+0000

Adding the launch

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Galileo

Galileo is a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) that went live in 2016, created by the European Union through the European Space Agency (ESA), operated by the European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA).

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