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SpaceXLaunch SuccessfulDedicated RideshareFalcon 9 Block 5
Launched 2018-12-03 18:34:05 UTCSpace Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Success
Reached Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Landed
B1046 Landed
The first stage landed on Just Read the Instructions, on its 3rd flight.
Worldwide
101st
orbital launch attempt in 2018
SpaceX
19th
launch this year
Space Launch Complex 4E
6th
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
56 d 16 h
since the pad's previous launch
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.
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
742
Successful
727
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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