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Launched 2023-07-29 03:04 UTCLaunch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Success
Reached Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Landed
B1064 Landed
The first stage landed at Landing Zone 1, on its 3rd flight.
Worldwide
114th
orbital launch attempt in 2023
SpaceX
52nd
launch this year
Launch Complex 39A
8th
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
53 d 11 h
since the pad's previous launch
Geostationary communications satellite built by Maxar Technologies for EchoStar. With a capacity of 500 Gbps, its purpose is to relieve broadband capacity constraints in the Americas.
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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Upcoming
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scheduled
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Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Livestream has started
Launch Library 2
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Fixed launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Delayed per FAA advisory
Jay
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Confirmed next attempt on July 27 LT.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Scrubbed for the day.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Hold.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Livestream has started
Launch Library 2
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GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Updated launch window and weather.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Weather 80% GO.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Setting T-0
Nosu
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NET July 27 UTC.
Cosmic_Penguin
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NET July 23/24 per marine navigation warnings.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Revert to NET July TBD.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Adding T-0
Nosu
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Moved up to NET July 2023.
Cosmic_Penguin
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NET August
Nosu
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NET July 18
Nosu
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H1 2023
Nosu
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Adding launch NET Q1 2023
Nosu
Height
70m
Diameter
12.2m
To low Earth orbit
63,800kg
Liftoff thrust
22,819kN
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