Falcon 9 Block 5 | Spaceflight SSO-A

Status

Success

Spaceflight SSO-A

Launch Time
Mon Dec 03, 2018 18:34 UTC

B1046 became the first Falcon 9 first stage to fly three times. The boat Mr. Steven was not successful during an experimental fairing recovery attempt.

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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

Details

Vehicles

Just Read the Instructions

B1046

Flight #3

119 day turnaround

43rd Falcon recovery attempt

37th successful Falcon recovery

12th consecutive successful Falcon landing and recovery

Manifest

Mission Details

Spaceflight SSO-A

64 small satellites launched on Spaceflight Industries custom payload dispenser. The two upper portions of the stack will separate from the top of the Falcon 9's second stage before they begin deploying payloads. The bottom of the stack will remain attached to the second stage as it deploys its payloads.

Payloads: 64

Total Mass: 3,000.0 kg

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Location

SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA

Wiki

Stats

2018

101st orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

71st mission

19th mission of 2018

65th successful mission

37th consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

65th mission

18th mission of 2018

62nd successful mission

36th consecutive successful mission