Falcon 9 Block 5 | SES-18 & SES-19
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.
SES-18 & SES-19
SES-18 & SES-19 are two communications satellites built by Northrop Grumman.
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 156
Consecutive Success 156
Maiden Flight 2018-05-11
Launch Failures 0
Core
Serial B1069
Status active
Flight Proven Yes
Flights 6
Landing Attempt Yes
Landing Success Yes
Type ASDS
Location JRTI
Updates
SwGustav
2023-03-18T01:44:21+0000
Launch success confirmed
SwGustav
2023-03-17T23:38:23+0000
Liftoff
LL2
2023-03-17T23:24:04+0000
Livestream has started
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-03-16T17:57:45+0000
GO for launch.
Nosu
2023-03-16T16:04:51+0000
Weather 80%
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-03-14T23:55:36+0000
Tweak in launch window.
Nosu
2023-03-14T18:19:20+0000
Reverting T-0 to 23:34 UTC
Nosu
2023-03-14T17:12:46+0000
Setting T-0 to window opening, pending official information.
Nosu
2023-03-14T14:12:39+0000
Updating launch window. Weather 70%
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-03-13T00:18:51+0000
Updated T-0.
Nosu
2023-03-12T21:09:54+0000
Updating launch window
Nosu
2023-02-27T16:59:52+0000
Reportedly targeting March 18 at approximately 00:35 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-02-27T09:02:29+0000
Will be after Dragon CRS-27 launch, new launch date TBD.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-02-17T03:42:14+0000
Added launch date and time
Nosu
2022-10-07T09:28:44+0000
NET Q1 2023
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