Falcon 9 Block 3 (v1.2/FT)

Status

Success

Formosat-5

Launch Time
Thu Aug 24, 2017 18:51 UTC

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Rocket

Falcon 9 Block 3 (v1.2/FT)

Image Credit: SpaceX

SpaceX

Status: Retired

Price: $62.0 million

Liftoff Thrust: 6,804 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

Details

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B1038

Flight #1

20th Falcon recovery attempt

15th successful Falcon recovery

11th consecutive successful Falcon landing and recovery

Manifest

Mission Details

Formosat-5

Formosat-5 is an Earth observation satellite operated by the National Space Organization (NSPO) of Taiwan. It is NSPO's first indigenously developed remote sensing satellite.

Payloads: 1

Total Mass: 475.0 kg

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

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Location

SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA

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Stats

2017

53rd orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

46th mission

12th mission of 2017

40th successful mission

12th consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

41st mission

12th mission of 2017

38th successful mission

12th consecutive successful mission