Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 12 (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 12 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)
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 368
Consecutive Success 71
Maiden Flight 2018-05-11
Launch Failures 1
Core
Serial B1088
Status active
Flight Proven Yes
Flights 2
Landing Attempt Yes
Landing Success Yes
Type RTLS
Location LZ-4
Updates
hitura-nobad
2025-01-14T21:32:00+0000
All payloads deployed.
LL2
2025-01-14T19:41:00+0000
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
hitura-nobad
2025-01-14T19:09:00+0000
Liftoff
Cosmic_Penguin
2025-01-14T18:18:00+0000
T-0 is accurate to the second.
hitura-nobad
2025-01-14T17:17:00+0000
Now targeting Jan 14 at 19:09 UTC
Cosmic_Penguin
2025-01-14T02:27:00+0000
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin
2025-01-13T15:06:00+0000
Launch time is accurate to the second.
Cosmic_Penguin
2025-01-07T14:35:00+0000
Added launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin
2025-01-07T02:53:00+0000
NET January 14.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-11-12T23:47:00+0000
NET January 2025. (see also Varda W-Series 2 update at https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=58044.msg2640800#msg2640800)
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-08-23T02:35:18+0000
NET November.
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-07-08T15:42:59+0000
Change in launch site.
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