NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

PACE

Launch Time
Thu Feb 08, 2024 06:33 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

Landing Zone 1

B1081

Flight #4
51 day turnaround
281st Falcon recovery attempt
268th successful Falcon recovery
15th consecutive successful Falcon recovery
196th consecutive successful Falcon landing

Mission Details

PACE

Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) is a NASA Earth-observing satellite mission that will continue and advance observations of global ocean color, biogeochemistry, and ecology, as well as carbon cycle, aerosols and clouds. PACE data will be used to identify the extent and duration of algal blooms known as phytoplankton and improve understanding of air quality. These and other uses of PACE data will benefit the economy and society, especially sectors that rely on water quality, fisheries and food security.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1,694.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Location

SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Stats

2024

25th orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

311th mission
11th mission of 2024
305th successful mission
277th consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

297th mission
11th mission of 2024
294th successful mission
268th consecutive successful mission