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Blastoff! SpaceX Falcon 9 launches Transporter-10 rideshare mission - Full Broadcast

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Transporter-10 mission at 5:05 p.m. ET (2205 GMT) on March 4, 2024 from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg ...

Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 53 payloads from California

Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 53 payloads on the Transporter 10 mission. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Ba...

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Transporter 10 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)

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Overview

Destination: Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Mission: Dedicated Rideshare

Sun-Synchronous Orbit Space Launch Complex 4E Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA Probability: 90%
B1081 - Landing Zone 4

Transporter 10 mission is a dedicated rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers. There will be 53 payloads on this flight, including CubeSats, MicroSats, and a hosted payload.

Telemetry

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Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • March 5, 2024, 12:41 a.m.

Launch success, all payloads have been deployed.


SwGustav • March 4, 2024, 10:06 p.m.

Liftoff


SwGustav • March 4, 2024, 10 p.m.

Updating weather


LL2 • March 4, 2024, 9:56 p.m.

Livestream has started


Cosmic_Penguin • March 4, 2024, 12:39 a.m.

Updated T-0.


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


B1081

Status: Active


Type: Core
Flight Proven: Yes
First Flight: August 26, 2023
Last Flight: May 10, 2025
Flights: 14
Landings Attempted: 14
Landings Successful: 14
Previous B1081 Flights

Landing Information

The Falcon 9 first stage B1081 has successfully landed at the launch site after its 5th flight.

Result: Successful Return to Launch Site landing at Landing Zone 4.

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CEO: Elon Musk Founded: 2002 Successes: 489 Failures: 14 Pending: 119

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Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.

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