Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 12 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)
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Launch Window
Jan. 14, 2025, 6:49 p.m. - Jan. 14, 2025, 7:16 p.m.
Jan. 14, 2025, 6:49 p.m. - Jan. 14, 2025, 7:16 p.m.
Dedicated rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.
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All payloads deployed.
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
Liftoff
T-0 is accurate to the second.
Now targeting Jan 14 at 19:09 UTC
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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The Falcon 9 booster B1088 has returned to the launch site at LZ-4 after its 2nd flight.
Result: Successful Return to Launch Site landing at Landing Zone 4.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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