NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Transporter 7

Launch Time
Sat Apr 15, 2023 06:48 UTC

This launch will debut a new MVac nozzle extension design aimed at increasing cadence and reducing costs. This new nozzle extension is shorter and, as a result, the engine has a lower specific impulse and therefore performance. Due to this, it will only fly on missions that don't need Falcon 9's full performance capability.

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 4

B1063

Flight #10
57 day turnaround
196th Falcon recovery attempt
184th successful Falcon recovery
111th consecutive successful Falcon landing and recovery

Mission Details

Transporter 7

Transporter 7 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 $275,000 per mission, which includes up to 50kg of payload mass.

Payloads: 51
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Location

SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA

Stats

2023

59th orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

228th mission
24th mission of 2023
222nd successful mission
194th consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

218th mission
23rd mission of 2023
215th successful mission
189th consecutive successful mission