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SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Galileo FOC FM26 & FM 32 - SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - September 17, 2024

Launch Date: September 17 (EDT) Launch Time: 6:50 p.m. EDT, 2250 UTC - September 18 00:50 CEST Launch Window: Open til 7:24 p.m. EDT Launch Site: SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, ...

Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Florida with European navigation satellites

Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket carrying Galileo navigation satellites to Medium Earth Orbit for the European Commission. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canavera...

SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Galileo FOC FM26 & FM32

Following several delays, Falcon 9 is now expected to launch a pair of Galileo global positioning satellites from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Monday, ...

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Galileo L13 (FOC FM26 & FM32)

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Overview

Destination: Medium Earth Orbit
Mission: Navigation

Medium Earth Orbit Space Launch Complex 40 Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA Probability: 60%
B1067 - Just Read the Instructions

Two satellites for Europe's Galileo navigation system. Originally planned for launch on Soyuz-ST and then Ariane 6 but both were unavailable. Galileo provides Europe with an alternative to the American GPS and Russian GLONASS constellations, but will be interoperable with both systems.

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Updates

Nosu • Sept. 18, 2024, 5:41 a.m.

Launch success.


Cosmic_Penguin • Sept. 18, 2024, 2:28 a.m.

Payload deployment confirmed.


Cosmic_Penguin • Sept. 17, 2024, 11:01 p.m.

Updated T-0.


Cosmic_Penguin • Sept. 17, 2024, 10:51 p.m.

Liftoff.


LL2 • Sept. 17, 2024, 10:27 p.m.

Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started


Falcon 9

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Configuration: Block 5

Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.

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Specifications
  • Minimum Stage
    1
  • Max Stage
    2
  • Length
    70.0 m
  • Diameter
    3.65 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    5.2 m
  • Launch Mass
    549.0 T
  • Thrust
    7607.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Falcon 9
  • Family
  • Variant
    Block 5
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Falcon 9 Block 5
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
    $52000000
  • Low Earth Orbit
    22800.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    8300.0 kg
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

Booster Info


B1067

Status: Active


Type: Core
Flight Proven: Yes
First Flight: June 3, 2021
Last Flight: January 10, 2025
Flights: 25
Landings Attempted: 25
Landings Successful: 25
Previous B1067 Flights

Landing Information

The Falcon 9 first stage B1067 has landed on ASDS JRTI after its 22nd flight.

Result: Successful Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship landing at Just Read the Instructions.

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