NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

EarthCARE

Launch Time
Tue May 28, 2024 22:20 UTC

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

B1081

Flight #7
52 day turnaround
330th Falcon recovery attempt
317th successful Falcon recovery
59th consecutive successful Falcon recovery
240th consecutive successful Falcon landing

Mission Details

EarthCARE

EarthCARE is a planned joint European/Japanese (ESA/JAXA/NICT) satellite, the sixth of ESA's Living Planet Programme. The main goal of the mission is the observation and characterization of clouds and aerosols as well as measuring the reflected solar radiation and the infrared radiation emitted from Earth's surface and atmosphere.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 2,350.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Location

SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA

Stats

2024

103rd orbital launch attempt

SpaceX

356th mission
56th mission of 2024
350th successful mission
322nd consecutive successful mission

Falcon 9

342nd mission
56th mission of 2024
339th successful mission
313th consecutive successful mission