Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-85
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.
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 270
Consecutive Success 270
Maiden Flight 2018-05-11
Launch Failures 0
Core
Serial B1071
Status active
Flight Proven Yes
Flights 15
Landing Attempt Yes
Landing Success Yes
Type RTLS
Location LZ-4
Updates
SwGustav
2022-04-17T14:53:35+0000
Success confirmed
SwGustav
2022-04-17T13:13:48+0000
Liftoff
Jay
2022-04-15T22:14:29+0000
Delayed by a day due to weather
SwGustav
2022-04-15T03:55:23+0000
Delayed by a day
SwGustav
2022-04-14T22:56:01+0000
Weather 70%
Cosmic_Penguin
2022-04-08T14:04:18+0000
New T-0
Cosmic_Penguin
2022-04-07T01:16:06+0000
Updated T-0
Cosmic_Penguin
2022-04-04T16:48:09+0000
Updated launch time.
Cosmic_Penguin
2022-03-15T18:15:12+0000
NET April 15
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