Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 8 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)
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.
Transporter 8 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)
Transporter 8 mission is a dedicated rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with 72 small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.
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 415
Consecutive Success 118
Maiden Flight 2018-05-11
Launch Failures 1
Core
Serial B1071
Status active
Flight Proven Yes
Flights 24
Landing Attempt Yes
Landing Success Yes
Type RTLS
Location LZ-4
Updates
Jay
2023-06-12T23:02:10+0000
All payloads deployed successfully
Jay
2023-06-12T21:35:23+0000
Liftoff of Falcon 9 carrying 72 payloads
LL2
2023-06-12T21:24:05+0000
Livestream has started
Jay
2023-06-12T20:56:09+0000
Correcting T-0
Jay
2023-06-12T20:53:26+0000
Updating T-0
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-06-12T18:26:28+0000
Refined T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-06-09T23:25:27+0000
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-06-08T01:42:50+0000
Added launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-06-04T03:25:36+0000
NET June 12.
Nosu
2023-05-11T20:04:28+0000
Targeting June 8
Nosu
2023-04-25T07:08:58+0000
Updating pad
Nosu
2022-12-31T17:10:25+0000
NET June 2023
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