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Launched 2023-10-13 14:19:43 UTCLaunch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Success
Reached Heliocentric N/A
Landed
B1064 Landed
The first stage landed at Landing Zone 1, on its 4th flight.
Worldwide
166th
orbital launch attempt in 2023
SpaceX
73rd
launch this year
Launch Complex 39A
11th
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
39 d 11 h
since the pad's previous launch
Psyche is a NASA interplanetary mission to visit the main belt asteroid of the same name, 16 Psyche. Spacecraft will take 4 years and one Mars flyby to reach the asteroid, which is of particular interest due to being comprised mostly of iron and nickel. Psyche is theorized to be a remnant of an early planet's core, and may offer insights into how solar system formed and evolved. The mission is led by Arizona State University, with NASA JPL being responsible for mission management and operations.
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
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of 715
Upcoming
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scheduled
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Launch success, signals acquired.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Livestream has started
Launch Library 2
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Weather 85%
Nosu
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Weather 60% GO.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Weather 40%
Nosu
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24 hours slip due to weather.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Updated weather.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Launch time tweak.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Delayed to October 12th due to spacecraft issues.
Jay
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Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin
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T-0 confirmed.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Adding T-0
Nosu
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NET October 5
Cosmic_Penguin
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Removing Janus from this launch
Nosu
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NET October 10
Nosu
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NET 2023
Cosmic_Penguin
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NET September 20th after discovering an issue during software testing of the spacecraft
SwGustav
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Added launch time
Cosmic_Penguin
Height
70m
Diameter
12.2m
To low Earth orbit
63,800kg
Liftoff thrust
22,819kN
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