SpaceX

Euclid

Success

Falcon 9 Block 5

T-minus to liftoff

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Saturday July 1 2023, 15:12:00 UTC

StatusSuccess

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitSun-Earth L2

PadSpace Launch Complex 40

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Mission

European Space Agency telescope designed to explore the evolution of the dark Universe. It will make a 3D-map of the Universe (with time as the third dimension) by observing billions of galaxies out to 10 billion light-years, across more than a third of the sky.

Quick facts

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitSun-Earth L2

PadSpace Launch Complex 40

SiteCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

WindowSaturday July 1 2023, 15:12:00 UTC→Saturday July 1 2023, 15:12:00 UTC

Vehicle

FamilyFalcon

Height70 m

Diameter3.7 m

Stages2

ReusableYes

LEO capacity22,800 kg

Track record606/607 successful

Landings593/598

All launches

SpaceX

Euclid

Success

Falcon 9 Block 5

T-minus to liftoff

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00

HOURS

:

00

MINUTES

:

00

SECONDS

Saturday July 1 2023, 15:12:00 UTC

StatusSuccess

Scrub riskHIGH

Go12%

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitSun-Earth L2

PadSpace Launch Complex 40

Launch CodexDossier

Every source for this mission in one place — news, social, references, notes & the exact timeline.

Explore

Acquiring satellite view…

Trajectory unknown

Space Launch Complex 40

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

28.562, -80.577

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Mission

European Space Agency telescope designed to explore the evolution of the dark Universe. It will make a 3D-map of the Universe (with time as the third dimension) by observing billions of galaxies out to 10 billion light-years, across more than a third of the sky.

Q's read

Weather & scrubHIGH risk

Weather Go12%LL2 Go90%Wind4 m/sGusts8 m/sCloud30%Temp25°C

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

max-top 6705 m, mean 3978 m, 92% cover, freezing 5054 m · max cloud-top 6705 m above freezing 5054 m (92% cover in 10 nmi) · no GLM flashes within 25 nmi / 30 min, likely cirrus / stratiform ice rather than cumulus

Quick facts

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitSun-Earth L2

PadSpace Launch Complex 40

SiteCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

WindowSaturday July 1 2023, 15:12:00 UTC→Saturday July 1 2023, 15:12:00 UTC

Vehicle

FamilyFalcon

Height70 m

Diameter3.7 m

Stages2

ReusableYes

LEO capacity22,800 kg

Track record606/607 successful

Landings593/598

Launch CodexDossier

Every source for this mission in one place — news, social, references, notes & the exact timeline.

Explore

Acquiring satellite view…

Trajectory unknown

Space Launch Complex 40

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

28.562, -80.577

Scrub riskHIGH

Go12%

Q's read

Weather & scrubHIGH risk

Weather Go12%LL2 Go90%Wind4 m/sGusts8 m/sCloud30%Temp25°C

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

max-top 6705 m, mean 3978 m, 92% cover, freezing 5054 m · max cloud-top 6705 m above freezing 5054 m (92% cover in 10 nmi) · no GLM flashes within 25 nmi / 30 min, likely cirrus / stratiform ice rather than cumulus