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Spaceflight SSO-A

Success

Falcon 9 Block 5

T-minus to liftoff

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Monday December 3 2018, 18:34:05 UTC

StatusSuccess

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitSun-Synchronous Orbit

PadSpace Launch Complex 4E

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Mission

Dedicated rideshare launching payloads into sun-synchronous orbit. Payloads include ORS-6, EU:CROPIS, STPSat-5, BlackSky Global-1 to -4, HawkEye Pathfinder 1-3, Iceye, NEXTSat-1, 2 SkySats, Centauri II, and a Flock of Doves.

Quick facts

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitSun-Synchronous Orbit

PadSpace Launch Complex 4E

SiteVandenberg SFB, CA, USA

WindowMonday December 3 2018, 18:32:00 UTC→Monday December 3 2018, 19:00:00 UTC

Vehicle

FamilyFalcon

Height70 m

Diameter3.7 m

Stages2

ReusableYes

LEO capacity22,800 kg

Track record606/607 successful

Landings593/598

All launches

SpaceX

Spaceflight SSO-A

Success

Falcon 9 Block 5

T-minus to liftoff

-

00

HOURS

:

00

MINUTES

:

00

SECONDS

Monday December 3 2018, 18:34:05 UTC

StatusSuccess

Scrub riskHIGH

Go12%

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitSun-Synchronous Orbit

PadSpace Launch Complex 4E

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 4E

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

34.632, -120.611

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Mission

Dedicated rideshare launching payloads into sun-synchronous orbit. Payloads include ORS-6, EU:CROPIS, STPSat-5, BlackSky Global-1 to -4, HawkEye Pathfinder 1-3, Iceye, NEXTSat-1, 2 SkySats, Centauri II, and a Flock of Doves.

Reusable Hardware

All boosters →

First Stage · Flight-provenB1046

expended3rd flight

Flights4

Landings3/3100%

Fastest turn87d 9h

Recovered · ASDS · JRTI

118d 13h since last flight

Stage Expended

Previous flights · 3

Q's read

Weather & scrubHIGH risk

Weather Go12%Wind7 m/sGusts9 m/sCloud64%Temp16°C

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

max-top 5602 m, mean 4025 m, 92% cover, freezing 3564 m · max cloud-top 5602 m above freezing 3564 m (92% cover in 10 nmi) · no GLM flashes within 25 nmi / 30 min, likely cirrus / stratiform ice rather than cumulus · 7.1 ≥ 6 ft significant wave height

Quick facts

VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5

OrbitSun-Synchronous Orbit

PadSpace Launch Complex 4E

SiteVandenberg SFB, CA, USA

WindowMonday December 3 2018, 18:32:00 UTC→Monday December 3 2018, 19:00:00 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

Reusable Hardware

All boosters →

First Stage · Flight-provenB1046

expended3rd flight

Flights4

Landings3/3100%

Fastest turn87d 9h

Recovered · ASDS · JRTI

118d 13h since last flight

Stage Expended

Previous flights · 3

Acquiring satellite view…

Trajectory unknown

Space Launch Complex 4E

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

34.632, -120.611

Scrub riskHIGH

Go12%

Q's read

Weather & scrubHIGH risk

Weather Go12%Wind7 m/sGusts9 m/sCloud64%Temp16°C

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

max-top 5602 m, mean 4025 m, 92% cover, freezing 3564 m · max cloud-top 5602 m above freezing 3564 m (92% cover in 10 nmi) · no GLM flashes within 25 nmi / 30 min, likely cirrus / stratiform ice rather than cumulus · 7.1 ≥ 6 ft significant wave height