NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Transporter 1

Launch Time
Sun Jan 24, 2021 15:00 UTC

Rocket

Falcon 9 Block 5
Image Credit: SpaceX
SpaceX
Status: Active
Price: $69.75 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

Vehicles

Of Course I Still Love You

B1058

Flight #5
49 day turnaround
88th Falcon recovery attempt
77th successful Falcon recovery
23rd consecutive successful Falcon landing and recovery

Mission Details

Transporter 1

Transporter 1 is a dedicated rideshare mission by SpaceX. SpaceX’s SmallSat Rideshare Program provides small satellite operators with regularly scheduled, dedicated Falcon 9 rideshare missions to SSO for ESPA class payloads for as low as $1 million per mission, which includes up to 200 kg of payload mass.

Payloads: 133
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Starlink Mission

SpaceX will launch 10 Starlink satellites for their high-speed low earth orbit internet constellation. This was the first time Starlink satellites will be deployed into a polar orbit. It was also the first batch fitted with laser crosslinks.

Payloads: 10
Total Mass: 2,600.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Location

SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Stats

2021

6th orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

115th mission
3rd mission of 2021
109th successful mission
81st consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

107th mission
3rd mission of 2021
104th successful mission
78th consecutive successful mission