Falcon 9 Block 5 | SAOCOM 1A

Status

Success

SAOCOM 1A

Launch Time
Mon Oct 08, 2018 02:21 UTC

The first Falcon 9 landing on Landing Zone 4.

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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

Landing Zone 4

B1048

Flight #2

75 day turnaround

41st Falcon recovery attempt

35th successful Falcon recovery

10th consecutive successful Falcon landing and recovery

Manifest

Mission Details

SAOCOM 1A

SAOCOM 1A is equipped with an L-band (about 1.275 GHz) full polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR). The primary purpose is to mitigate the effects of natural disasters.

Payloads: 1

Total Mass: 3,050.0 kg

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

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Location

SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA

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Stats

2018

76th orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

69th mission

17th mission of 2018

63rd successful mission

35th consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

63rd mission

16th mission of 2018

60th successful mission

34th consecutive successful mission