Falcon 9 Block 5 | EarthCARE

Status

EarthCARE

Launch Time
Tue May 28, 2024 22:20 UTC

Rocket

Falcon 9 Block 5

Image Credit: SpaceX

SpaceX

Status: Active

Price: $67.0 million

Liftoff Thrust: 7,607 kN

Payload to LEO: 22,800 kg

Payload to GTO: 8,300 kg

Stages: 2

Strap-ons: 0

Rocket Height: 70.0 m

Fairing Diameter: 5.2 m

Fairing Height: 13.0 m

Details

Mission Details

EarthCARE

EarthCARE is a planned joint European/Japanese (ESA/JAXA/NICT) satellite, the sixth of ESA's Living Planet Programme. The main goal of the mission is the observation and characterization of clouds and aerosols as well as measuring the reflected solar radiation and the infrared radiation emitted from Earth's surface and atmosphere.

Payloads: 1

Total Mass: 2,350.0 kg

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

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Location

SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA

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Stats

2024

101st orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

354th mission

54th mission of 2024

Falcon 9

340th mission

54th mission of 2024