Falcon 9 Block 5 | Iridium-9 & OneWeb 19

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Iridium-9 & OneWeb 19

Space Launch Complex 4E
Vandenberg SFB, CA, 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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Iridium-9 & OneWeb 19

5 spare satellites for the Iridium NEXT constellation and 16 satellites for the OneWeb constellation (15 of current generation and 1 demonstration satellite for the next generation) on a share-ride.

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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 344

Consecutive Success 47

Maiden Flight 2018-05-11

Launch Failures 1


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Serial B1063

Status active

Flight Proven Yes

Flights 21


Landing Attempt Yes

Landing Success Yes

Type ASDS

Location OCISLY


Updates

Nosu

2023-05-20T14:45:21+0000

Successful deployment of all satellites

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Nosu

2023-05-20T13:16:50+0000

Liftoff

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LL2

2023-05-20T12:57:19+0000

Livestream has started

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Nosu

2023-05-19T20:36:31+0000

Adjusting T-0

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Nosu

2023-05-19T13:24:25+0000

Next opportunity 24 hours later

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Nosu

2023-05-19T13:20:20+0000

Launch abort

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LL2

2023-05-19T13:02:13+0000

Livestream has started

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-05-18T18:33:44+0000

GO for launch.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-05-16T17:16:16+0000

Tweaked launch window.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-05-13T08:15:04+0000

Added launch period.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-05-11T23:42:20+0000

NET May 19.

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Cosmic_Penguin

2023-03-13T02:06:59+0000

NET early May 2023

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Nosu

2022-09-09T07:04:17+0000

Adding launch mid-2023

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Programs

Iridium Constellation

The Iridium satellite constellation provides L band voice and data information coverage to satellite phones, satellite messenger communication devices and integrated transceivers.

OneWeb

Satellite constellation in low Earth orbit that can provide high-speed broadband internet to rural and isolated areas.

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