DSCOVR

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

23:03:32

Wednesday February 11, 2015

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Launch Notes

First deep space launch of SpaceX and Falcon 9.

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Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR; formerly known as Triana, unofficially known as GoreSat) is a NOAA space weather and Earth observation satellite.

Highly Elliptical Orbit

1 Payload

570 kilograms

Rocket

Retired

Falcon 9 Block 2 (v1.1)

Active 2013 to 2016

Agency

SpaceX

Price

$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

Reuse

Expendable

B1013

Flight #1

Launch Site

SLC-40

Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Fastest Turnaround

2 days 8 hours

SLC-40

Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Fastest Turnaround

2 days 8 hours

Stats

Falcon 9

15th

Mission

2nd

Mission of 2015

SpaceX

20th

Mission

2nd

Mission of 2015

2015

8th

Orbital launch attempt