Space Launch NowUpcoming Launches
All upcoming launchesLoading launches
SpaceXLaunch SuccessfulEarth ScienceFalcon 9 Block 5 · Surface Water and Ocean Topography
Launched 2022-12-16 11:46:47 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 6th flight.
Worldwide
179th
orbital launch attempt in 2022
SpaceX
57th
launch this year
Space Launch Complex 4E
12th
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
49 d 10 h
since the pad's previous launch
Satellite altimeter jointly developed by NASA and CNES, the French space agency, in partnership with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and UK Space Agency (UKSA) designed to make the first global survey of the Earth's surface water, to observe the fine details of the ocean surface topography, and to measure how terrestrial surface water bodies change over time.
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
·
Good deployment and AOS confirmed, successful launch
SwGustav
·
Liftoff
SwGustav
·
Coverage live
SwGustav
·
NET December 16
Cosmic_Penguin
·
Weather 100%
Nosu
·
Launch date confirmed.
Cosmic_Penguin
·
NET Dec 12
SwGustav
·
Adding approximate launch time
Nosu
·
New launch date
Cosmic_Penguin
·
NET November 15
Nosu
Height
70m
Diameter
3.6m
To low Earth orbit
22,800kg
Liftoff thrust
7,607kN
Space Launch Now for iOS and Android
Notifications before every launch you follow, live countdowns on your home screen and watch, and webcasts as they start.
