Falcon 9 Block 5 | SARah 2 & 3
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.
SARah 2 & 3
SARah 2 & 3 are two passive reflector antenna radar satellites built by OHB-System, based on the reflector-antenna technology of SAR-Lupe. They are part of the three satellite constellation being built for the German government as a follow-up to the SAR-Lupe radar sat constellation.
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 395
Consecutive Success 98
Maiden Flight 2018-05-11
Launch Failures 1
Core
Serial B1075
Status active
Flight Proven Yes
Flights 17
Landing Attempt Yes
Landing Success Yes
Type RTLS
Location LZ-4
Updates
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-12-24T14:08:50+0000
Launch success and satellites contacted.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-12-24T13:11:24+0000
Liftoff.
LL2
2023-12-24T12:56:02+0000
Livestream has started
hitura-nobad
2023-12-23T13:34:48+0000
Scrubbed, targeting December 24 13:11 UTC
hitura-nobad
2023-12-23T13:16:24+0000
New T-0 14:10 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-12-23T12:47:06+0000
New T-0.
LL2
2023-12-23T12:44:12+0000
Livestream has started
hitura-nobad
2023-12-23T12:34:56+0000
Targeting 13:26 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-12-23T02:19:08+0000
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-12-20T18:00:25+0000
Delayed to NET December 23 per new NOTAMs.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-12-19T00:30:45+0000
NET December 22 per marine navigation warnings.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-12-17T05:34:53+0000
Updated launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-12-17T04:30:07+0000
NET December 21.
Nosu
2022-06-18T21:49:59+0000
Adding launch TBD late 2022
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