Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 9 (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 9 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)
Transporter 9 mission is a dedicated rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with dozens of 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 317
Consecutive Success 20
Maiden Flight 2018-05-11
Launch Failures 1
Core
Serial B1071
Status active
Flight Proven Yes
Flights 18
Landing Attempt Yes
Landing Success Yes
Type RTLS
Location LZ-4
Updates
Nosu
2023-11-11T20:20:23+0000
Launch success
Nosu
2023-11-11T18:49:20+0000
Liftoff
Nosu
2023-11-09T23:38:18+0000
Setting GO
Nosu
2023-11-08T22:41:36+0000
Adding T-0
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-11-07T04:14:47+0000
NET November 11 per marine navigation warnings.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-11-04T12:57:38+0000
Delayed to NET November 9.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-11-02T17:29:13+0000
Added launch window per NOTAMs.
Nosu
2023-10-22T19:03:07+0000
Targeting November 7
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-09-29T01:05:24+0000
NET November 2023.
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