Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission (ASBM)

Success

Falcon 9 Block 5

T-minus to liftoff

HOURS

MINUTES

SECONDS

Monday August 12 2024, 02:02:00 UTC

StatusSuccess

Scrub riskHIGH

Go12%

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitElliptical Orbit

PadSpace Launch Complex 4E

Launch CodexDossier

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Acquiring satellite view…

Trajectory unknown

Space Launch Complex 4E

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

34.632, -120.611

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Mission

ASBM (Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission) 1 & 2 are two twin satellites built by Northrop Grumman for Space Norway, in cooperation with Inmarsat and the Norwegian Ministry of Defence. They are designed to bring mobile broadband coverage in the Arctic for both civilians and military. The US Air Force provides the Extremely High Frequency eXtended Data Rate payloads on ASBM satellites as part of the Enhanced Polar System Recapitalization (EPS-R) program.

Reusable Hardware

All boosters →

First Stage · Flight-provenB1061

expended22nd flight

Flights23

Landings22/22100%

Fastest turn24d 9h

Recovered · ASDS · OCISLY· 640 km downrange

64d 13h since last flight

Booster which launched Crew-1, Crew-2 and IXPE. Expended for the launch of Hera.

Previous flights · 22

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Weather & scrubHIGH risk

Weather Go12%Wind3 m/sGusts3 m/sCloud79%Temp14°C

Limiting rule: No flight through a thick (>4500 ft) cloud layer extending across the freezing level.

max-top 6985 m, mean 5246 m, 69% cover, freezing 4755 m · max cloud-top 6985 m above freezing 4755 m (69% cover in 10 nmi) · no GLM flashes within 25 nmi / 30 min, likely cirrus / stratiform ice rather than cumulus · 7.4 ≥ 6 ft significant wave height

Quick facts

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitElliptical Orbit

PadSpace Launch Complex 4E

SiteVandenberg SFB, CA, USA

WindowMonday August 12 2024, 02:02:00 UTC→Monday August 12 2024, 02:02:00 UTC

Vehicle

FamilyFalcon