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SpaceXLaunch SuccessfulGovernment/Top SecretFalcon 9 Block 5
Launched 2022-04-17 13:13:12 UTCSpace Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Success
Reached Low Earth Orbit
Landed
B1071 Landed
The first stage landed at Landing Zone 4, on its 2nd flight.
Worldwide
41st
orbital launch attempt in 2022
SpaceX
14th
launch this year
Space Launch Complex 4E
3rd
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
50 d 20 h
since the pad's previous launch
Classified payload for the US National Reconnaissance Office.
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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scheduled
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Success confirmed
SwGustav
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Liftoff
SwGustav
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Delayed by a day due to weather
Jay
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Delayed by a day
SwGustav
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Weather 70%
SwGustav
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New T-0
Cosmic_Penguin
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Updated T-0
Cosmic_Penguin
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Updated launch time.
Cosmic_Penguin
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NET April 15
Cosmic_Penguin
Height
70m
Diameter
3.6m
To low Earth orbit
22,800kg
Liftoff thrust
7,607kN
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