OneWeb 17

Success

Falcon 9 Block 5

T-minus to liftoff

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Thursday March 9 2023, 19:13:28 UTC

StatusSuccess

Scrub riskHIGH

Go12%

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitPolar Orbit

PadSpace Launch Complex 40

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Space Launch Complex 40

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

28.562, -80.577

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Mission

A batch of 40 satellites for the OneWeb satellite constellation, which is intended to provide global Internet broadband service for individual consumers. The constellation is planned to have around 648 microsatellites (of which 60 are spares), around 150 kg each, operating in Ku-band from low Earth orbit.

Reusable Hardware

All boosters →

First Stage · Flight-provenB1062

destroyed13th flight

Flights23

Landings22/2396%

Fastest turn21d 6h

Recovered · RTLS · LZ-1· 9 km downrange

25d 14h since last flight

Notable launches include GPS III SV04 & SV05, Inspiration4 and Axiom-1. Destroyed during its 23rd landing attempt on ASOG on 28 August 2024.

Previous flights · 22

Q's read

Weather & scrubHIGH risk

Weather Go12%LL2 Go95%Wind4 m/sGusts8 m/sCloud35%Temp26°C

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

max-top 7900 m, mean 5507 m, 100% cover, freezing 5054 m · max cloud-top 7900 m above freezing 5054 m (100% 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

OrbitPolar Orbit

PadSpace Launch Complex 40

SiteCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

WindowThursday March 9 2023, 19:13:28 UTC→Thursday March 9 2023, 19:13:28 UTC

Vehicle

FamilyFalcon