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SpaceX - Falcon 9 - World View Legion 5 & 6 - LC-39A - KSC - February 4, 2024

Launch Date: February 4, 2025 (ET) Launch Time: 6:13 p.m. ET, 2313 UTC - February 5, 00:13 Launch Window: open until 7:07 p.m. ET Launch Site: LC-39A - Kennedy Space Center, Florida Targeted Orbit:...

Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 2 WorldView Legion satellites from Kennedy Space Center

Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket with the latest pair of Maxar Space Systems' WorldView Legion satellites. The Earth observing satellites will launch into a mid-inclination Ear...

🚀SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches WorldView Legion 5 & 6

Currently being built by SSL, WorldView-Legion is DigitalGlobe's next generation of earth observation satellites. ⚡ Become a member of NASASpaceflight's channel for exclusive discord access, fast tur...

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WorldView Legion 5 & 6

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Overview

Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Mission: Earth Science

Low Earth Orbit Launch Complex 39A Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA Probability: 99%
B1086 - Landing Zone 1

WorldView Legion is a constellation of Earth observation satellites built and operated by Maxar. Constellation is planned to consist of 6 satellites in both polar and mid-inclination orbits, providing 30 cm-class resolution.

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Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • Feb. 5, 2025, 4:03 a.m.

Both satellites now in contact.


Cosmic_Penguin • Feb. 5, 2025, 1:03 a.m.

Both payloads deployed.


Cosmic_Penguin • Feb. 4, 2025, 11:13 p.m.

Liftoff.


LL2 • Feb. 4, 2025, 11:05 p.m.

Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started


Cosmic_Penguin • Feb. 4, 2025, 6:56 p.m.

Tweaked T-0.


Falcon 9

Family:
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


B1086

Status: Active


Type: Core
Flight Proven: Yes
First Flight: June 25, 2024
Last Flight: February 4, 2025
Flights: 4
Landings Attempted: 4
Landings Successful: 4
Previous B1086 Flights

Landing Information

The Falcon 9 booster B1086 has landed back at the launch site after its 4th flight.

Result: Successful Return to Launch Site landing at Landing Zone 1.

SpaceX

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CEO: Elon Musk Founded: 2002 Successes: 458 Failures: 13 Pending: 111

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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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