Status
USSF-44
Launch Time
NET October, 2021
NET October, 2021
First mission to attempt a double droneship landing. First SpaceX mission direct to GEO.
Rocket
SpaceX
Status: Active
Price: $90.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 22,819 kN
Payload to LEO: 63,800 kg
Payload to GTO: 26,700 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 2
Rocket Height: 70.0 m
Fairing Diameter: 5.2 m
Fairing Height: 13.0 m
Vehicles
B1064
Flight #1
Just Read the Instructions
B1065
Flight #1
A Shortfall of Gravitas
B1066
Flight #1
Expendable
Mission Details
USSF-44
USSF-44 is a classified mission for the United States Space Force. There will be 2 payloads on board this mission, a larger, unconfirmed satellite and a micro-satellite named TETRA-1. TETRA-1 is the first in a series of prototype GEO satellites being launched by the US Military which will test systems procedures for future satellites.
Payloads: 2
Total Mass: 3,700 kg
Geostationary Earth Orbit