Falcon 9 Block 2 (v1.1)

Status

Success

DSCOVR

Launch Time
Wed Feb 11, 2015 23:03 UTC

First deep space launch of SpaceX and Falcon 9.

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Rocket

Falcon 9 Block 2 (v1.1)

Image Credit: SpaceX

SpaceX

Status: Retired

Price: $56.5 million

Liftoff Thrust: 5,885 kN

Payload to LEO: 13,150 kg

Payload to GTO: 4,850 kg

Stages: 2

Strap-ons: 0

Rocket Height: 68.4 m

Fairing Diameter: 5.2 m

Fairing Height: 13.0 m

Details

Vehicles

Expendable

B1013

Flight #1

Manifest

Mission Details

DSCOVR

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

Payloads: 1

Total Mass: 570.0 kg

Highly Elliptical Orbit

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Location

SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

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Stats

2015

8th orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

20th mission

2nd mission of 2015

16th successful mission

11th consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

15th mission

2nd mission of 2015

14th successful mission

11th consecutive successful mission