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Launched 2023-05-20 13:16:33 UTCSpace Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Success
Reached Polar Orbit
Landed
B1063 Landed
The first stage landed on Of Course I Still Love You, on its 11th flight.
Worldwide
73rd
orbital launch attempt in 2023
SpaceX
34th
launch this year
Space Launch Complex 4E
10th
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
9 d 17 h
since the pad's previous launch
5 spare satellites for the Iridium NEXT constellation and 16 satellites for the OneWeb constellation (15 of current generation and 1 demonstration satellite for the next generation) on a share-ride.
Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.
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Landings
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scheduled
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Successful deployment of all satellites
Nosu
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Liftoff
Nosu
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Livestream has started
Launch Library 2
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Adjusting T-0
Nosu
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Next opportunity 24 hours later
Nosu
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Launch abort
Nosu
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Livestream has started
Launch Library 2
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GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Tweaked launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Added launch period.
Cosmic_Penguin
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NET May 19.
Cosmic_Penguin
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NET early May 2023
Cosmic_Penguin
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Adding launch mid-2023
Nosu
Height
70m
Diameter
3.6m
To low Earth orbit
22,800kg
Liftoff thrust
7,607kN
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