Falcon 9 Block 5 | PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem)
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.
PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem)
PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) is a NASA Earth observation satellite mission. It will make global ocean color measurements to provide extended data records on ocean ecology and global biogeochemistry (e.g., carbon cycle) along with polarimetry measurements to provide extended data records on clouds and aerosols.
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 272
Consecutive Success 272
Maiden Flight 2018-05-11
Launch Failures 0
Core
Serial B1081
Status active
Flight Proven Yes
Flights 6
Landing Attempt Yes
Landing Success Yes
Type RTLS
Location LZ-1
Updates
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-02-08T06:53:42+0000
Launch success, spacecraft power positive.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-02-08T06:53:26+0000
Launch success, spacecraft power positive.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-02-08T06:33:54+0000
Liftoff.
LL2
2024-02-08T05:54:31+0000
Livestream has started
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-02-08T05:53:51+0000
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-02-06T23:43:20+0000
Scrubbed for the day due to high winds.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-02-06T13:39:33+0000
Updated launch weather.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-02-06T03:00:29+0000
Scrubbed for the day due to high winds.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-02-05T14:33:51+0000
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-02-04T23:55:08+0000
Weather 40% GO.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-01-30T18:10:25+0000
Refined T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-01-17T18:40:49+0000
Added launch time.
hitura-nobad
2023-12-11T19:27:14+0000
Rescheduled to February 6, 2024
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-11-16T07:12:01+0000
Rescheduled to January 30, 2024.
Nosu
2023-06-30T07:16:50+0000
Currently targeting January 9 at 7:00 UTC per countdown on website. Exact T-0 likely to change.
Nosu
2022-06-24T11:51:45+0000
NET January 2024
Programs
NASA Large Strategic Science Missions
NASA's large strategic science missions or large strategic missions, formerly known as Flagship missions or Flagship-class missions, are the costliest and most capable NASA science spacecraft. Flagship missions exist within all four divisions of NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD): the astrophysics, Earth science, heliophysics and planetary science divisions.
Related Events
PACE Prelaunch News Conference
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PACE Prelaunch News Conference with the following participants: - NASA Associate Administrator Jim Free - Karen St. Germain, director, Earth Science Division, NASA - Tim Dunn, senior launch director, Launch Services Program, NASA - Julianna Scheiman, director, Civil Satellite Missions, SpaceX - Brian Cizek, launch weather officer, 45th Weather Squadron, U.S. Space Force
NASA EDGE Pace Rollout Show
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NASA EDGE will host the PACE rollout show. The rollout show will air live on NASA+, NASA TV, and YouTube.
PACE Science Briefing
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PACE Science Briefing with the following agency participants: - Kate Calvin, chief scientist and senior climate advisor - Karen St. Germain, director, Earth Science Division - Jeremy Werdell, PACE project scientist - Andy Sayer, atmospheric scientist, Sciences and Exploration Directorate - Erin Urquhart, program manager, Water Resources Application Area
PACE Press Conference
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NASA will host a media teleconference at to discuss the upcoming launch and science objectives of the agency’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) mission.
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