Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
16:00:00
Sunday September 29, 2013
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The first Falcon 9 launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, and the first flight of Falcon 9 v1.1.
CUSat (Cornell University Satellite) project is a multi-year effort to design, build, and launch an end-to-end autonomous on orbit inspection system. The CUSat system will demonstrate a process through which one satellite can diagnose the structural health and configuration of another.
Polar Orbit
1 Payload
25 kilograms
CASSIOPE, or CAScade, Smallsat and IOnospheric Polar Explorer, is a Canadian Space Agency (CSA) multi-mission satellite operated by MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA). The mission is funded through CSA and the Technology Partnerships Canada program. CASSIOPE is the first Canadian hybrid satellite to carry a dual mission in the fields of telecommunications and scientific research. The main objectives are to gather information to better understand the science of space weather, while verifying high-speed communications concepts through the use of advanced space technologies.
Polar Orbit
1 Payload
500 kilograms
DANDE (Drag and Atmospheric Neutral Density Explorer) is a low-cost satellite which makes in-situ measurements of the neutral atmosphere at altitudes of 200 - 350 km is being developed at the University of Colorado at Boulder (CU) as a part of the Air Force sponsored University Nanosat Program. Neutral density, composition, and wind measurements are increasingly needed to further scientific understanding of the upper atmosphere.
Polar Orbit
1 Payload
50 kilograms
POPACS (Polar Orbiting Passive Atmospheric Calibration Sphere) is a mission by a collaboration between Utah State University, Gil Moore, Planetary Systems Corporation, Drexel University, American Aerospace Advisors, Inc., SpaceX, Analytical Graphics, Inc, et al. to assess changes in the density of the upper atmosphere in response to heightened solar activity.
Polar Orbit
3 Payloads
4.5 kilograms
Agency
SpaceXPrice
$56.50 million
Rocket
Diameter: 3.7m
Height: 68.4m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 13,150 kg
GTO: 4,850 kg
Liftoff Thrust
5,885 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 5.2m
Height: 13m
Stages
2
6th
Mission
2nd
Mission of 2013
11th
Mission
2nd
Mission of 2013
57th
Orbital launch attempt