SpaceX

O3b mPower 7 & 8

Success

Falcon 9 Block 5

T-minus to liftoff

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Tuesday December 17 2024, 22:26:00 UTC

StatusSuccess

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitMedium Earth Orbit

PadLaunch Complex 39A

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Mission

Seventh and eighth of a constellation of eleven high-throughput communications satellites in Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) built by Boeing and operated by SES.

Quick facts

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitMedium Earth Orbit

PadLaunch Complex 39A

SiteKennedy Space Center, FL, USA

WindowTuesday December 17 2024, 20:59:00 UTC→Tuesday December 17 2024, 22:26:00 UTC

Vehicle

FamilyFalcon

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SpaceX

O3b mPower 7 & 8

Success

Falcon 9 Block 5

T-minus to liftoff

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HOURS

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MINUTES

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SECONDS

Tuesday December 17 2024, 22:26:00 UTC

StatusSuccess

Scrub riskLOW

Go95%

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitMedium Earth Orbit

PadLaunch Complex 39A

Launch CodexDossier

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

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Acquiring satellite view…

Trajectory unknown

Launch Complex 39A

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

28.608, -80.604

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Mission

Seventh and eighth of a constellation of eleven high-throughput communications satellites in Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) built by Boeing and operated by SES.

Q's read

Weather & scrubLOW risk

Weather Go95%LL2 Go55%Wind5 m/sGusts7 m/sCloud54%Temp29°C

Limiting rule: No flight through cumulus cloud with top at or above the freezing level.

max cloud-top 6454 m above freezing 4995 m (31% 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

OrbitMedium Earth Orbit

PadLaunch Complex 39A

SiteKennedy Space Center, FL, USA

WindowTuesday December 17 2024, 20:59:00 UTC→Tuesday December 17 2024, 22:26:00 UTC

Vehicle

FamilyFalcon

Launch CodexDossier

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

Explore

Acquiring satellite view…

Trajectory unknown

Launch Complex 39A

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

28.608, -80.604

Scrub riskLOW

Go95%

Q's read

Weather & scrubLOW risk

Weather Go95%LL2 Go55%Wind5 m/sGusts7 m/sCloud54%Temp29°C

Limiting rule: No flight through cumulus cloud with top at or above the freezing level.

max cloud-top 6454 m above freezing 4995 m (31% cover in 10 nmi) · no GLM flashes within 25 nmi / 30 min, likely cirrus / stratiform ice rather than cumulus