NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

USSF-124 (HBTSS & Others)

Launch Time
Wed Feb 14, 2024 22:30 UTC

2nd Falcon 9 launch to land a booster on LZ-2, a landing zone typically only used for Falcon Heavy missions with dual side booster returns. Falcon 9's usual landing zone, LZ-1, was reserved for IM-1, which launched only 8 hours after USSF-124.

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 2

B1078

Flight #7
74 day turnaround
288th Falcon recovery attempt
275th successful Falcon recovery
17th consecutive successful Falcon recovery
198th consecutive successful Falcon landing

Mission Details

USSF-124 (HBTSS)

USSF-124 is a classified mission for the United States Space Force. It consists of 2 satellites, one by L3Harris and the other by Northrop Grumman, to be launched as the Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS) mission for the US Missile Defense Agency. These satellites have improved sensitivity to detect and track hypersonic missiles with fainter signatures.

Manufacturer: Northrop Grumman & L3Harris
Operator: Missile Defense Agency
Payloads: 2
Low Earth Orbit

SDA Tranche 0 Tracking Layer satellites

Four SDA Tranche 0 Tracking Layer missile warning satellites by L3Harris will be launched on USSF-124. These were scheduled to launch on SDA Tranche 0B but were taken off the manifest due to production delays.

Manufacturer: L3Harris
Operator: Space Development Agency
Payloads: 4
Low Earth Orbit

Location

SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Stats

2024

28th orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

313th mission
13th mission of 2024
307th successful mission
279th consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

299th mission
13th mission of 2024
296th successful mission
270th consecutive successful mission