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Launched 2020-08-30 23:18 UTCSpace Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Success
Reached Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Landed
B1059 Landed
The first stage landed at Landing Zone 1, on its 4th flight.
Worldwide
65th
orbital launch attempt in 2020
SpaceX
16th
launch this year
Space Launch Complex 40
10th
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
12 d 8 h
since the pad's previous launch
The SAOCOM 1B spacecraft is the second of the two SAOCOM constellation satellites. It is tasked with hydrology and land observation, and will also operate jointly with the Italian COSMO-SkyMed constellation in X-band to provide frequent information relevant for emergency management.
Two rideshare payloads are present - Tyvak-0172 and PlanetiQ’s GNOMES-1.
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.
Launches
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Successful
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98%
Landings
687
of 715
Upcoming
136
scheduled
Height
70m
Diameter
3.6m
To low Earth orbit
22,800kg
Liftoff thrust
7,607kN
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