Falcon 9 Block 5 | X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE)

Falcon 9 Block 5 | X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE)

Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

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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.

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IXPE

Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) is a space observatory tasked with measuring the polarization of cosmic X-rays. This data will help to learn more about objects that emit these X-rays, such as black holes and neutron stars.

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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 342

Consecutive Success 45

Maiden Flight 2018-05-11

Launch Failures 1


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Serial B1061

Status expended

Flight Proven Yes

Flights 23


Landing Attempt Yes

Landing Success Yes

Type ASDS

Location JRTI


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Cosmic_Penguin

2021-12-09T06:41:28+0000

Launch success

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Nosu

2021-12-06T17:12:55+0000

Weather 80%

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2021-12-04T17:13:55+0000

T-0 confirmed by NASA

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2021-12-04T16:49:56+0000

Weather 70%

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2021-10-19T06:16:46+0000

Moving forward to December 9 and adding launch time.

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2021-09-21T04:27:08+0000

Delayed to December 13.

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NASA will host a media briefing about the upcoming launch of the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) mission.

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