Falcon 9 Block 5 | Iridium-9 & OneWeb 19
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.
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.
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 335
Consecutive Success 38
Maiden Flight 2018-05-11
Launch Failures 1
Core
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
Nosu
2023-05-20T13:16:50+0000
Liftoff
LL2
2023-05-20T12:57:19+0000
Livestream has started
Nosu
2023-05-19T20:36:31+0000
Adjusting T-0
Nosu
2023-05-19T13:24:25+0000
Next opportunity 24 hours later
Nosu
2023-05-19T13:20:20+0000
Launch abort
LL2
2023-05-19T13:02:13+0000
Livestream has started
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-05-18T18:33:44+0000
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-05-16T17:16:16+0000
Tweaked launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-05-13T08:15:04+0000
Added launch period.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-05-11T23:42:20+0000
NET May 19.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-03-13T02:06:59+0000
NET early May 2023
Nosu
2022-09-09T07:04:17+0000
Adding launch mid-2023
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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