Falcon 9 - B1071

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Falcon 9 Block 5 booster first used for the NROL-87 mission.

Previous Flights

B1071 flew on 21 previous launch(es).

Falcon 9 Block 5 | Bandwagon 2 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare)

SpaceX | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Dec. 21, 2024, 11:34 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Dedicated rideshare flight to a mid-inclination orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers. Payloads include the South Korean government's 425 Project Flight 3.

Low Earth Orbit B1071 - Flight Proven ( ) Landing Zone 4
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 9-12

SpaceX | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Nov. 18, 2024, 5:53 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

A batch of 20 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Low Earth Orbit B1071 - Flight Proven ( ) Of Course I Still Love You
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 9-7

SpaceX | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Oct. 15, 2024, 8:21 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

A batch of 20 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 9-6

SpaceX | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Sept. 13, 2024, 1:45 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

A batch of 21 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 9-4

SpaceX | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
July 28, 2024, 9:22 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

A batch of 21 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

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Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-146

SpaceX | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
May 22, 2024, 8 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

First batch of satellites for a reconnaissance satellite constellation built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman for the National Reconnaissance Office to provide imaging and other reconnaissance capabilities.

Low Earth Orbit B1071 - Flight Proven ( ) Of Course I Still Love You
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 7-18

SpaceX | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
April 2, 2024, 2:30 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

A batch of 22 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Low Earth Orbit B1071 - Flight Proven ( ) Of Course I Still Love You
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 7-13

SpaceX | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Feb. 10, 2024, 12:34 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

A batch of 22 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 7-8

SpaceX | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Dec. 8, 2023, 8:03 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

A batch of 22 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Low Earth Orbit B1071 - Flight Proven ( ) Of Course I Still Love You
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 9 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)

SpaceX | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Nov. 11, 2023, 6:49 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Transporter 9 mission is a dedicated rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit B1071 - Flight Proven ( ) Landing Zone 4
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 7-2

SpaceX | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Sept. 12, 2023, 6:57 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

A batch of 21 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Low Earth Orbit B1071 - Flight Proven ( ) Of Course I Still Love You
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-15

SpaceX | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
July 20, 2023, 4:09 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

A batch of satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Low Earth Orbit B1071 - Flight Proven ( ) Of Course I Still Love You
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 8 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)

SpaceX | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
June 12, 2023, 9:35 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Transporter 8 mission is a dedicated rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with 72 small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit B1071 - Flight Proven ( ) Landing Zone 4
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 2-8

SpaceX | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
March 17, 2023, 7:26 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

A batch of 52 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Low Earth Orbit B1071 - Flight Proven ( ) Of Course I Still Love You
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 2-6 & ION SCV009

SpaceX | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Jan. 31, 2023, 4:15 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

A batch of 49 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system. This launch carries D-Orbit’s ION SCV009 Eclectic Elena as a rideshare payload.

Low Earth Orbit B1071 - Flight Proven ( ) Of Course I Still Love You
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography)

SpaceX | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Dec. 16, 2022, 11:46 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Satellite altimeter jointly developed by NASA and CNES, the French space agency, in partnership with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and UK Space Agency (UKSA) designed to make the first global survey of the Earth's surface water, to observe the fine details of the ocean surface topography, and to measure how terrestrial surface water bodies change over time.

Low Earth Orbit B1071 - Flight Proven ( ) Landing Zone 4
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 4-29

SpaceX | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Oct. 5, 2022, 11:10 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

A batch of 52 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Low Earth Orbit B1071 - Flight Proven ( ) Of Course I Still Love You
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 3-2

SpaceX | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
July 22, 2022, 5:39 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

A batch of 46 satellites for Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Low Earth Orbit B1071 - Flight Proven ( ) Of Course I Still Love You
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | SARah 1

SpaceX | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
June 18, 2022, 2:19 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

First of three radar remote sensing satellite built by Airbus for the German military.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit B1071 - Flight Proven ( ) Landing Zone 4
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-85

SpaceX | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
April 17, 2022, 1:13 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Classified payload for the US National Reconnaissance Office.

Low Earth Orbit B1071 - Flight Proven ( ) Landing Zone 4
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-87

SpaceX | United States of America
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Feb. 2, 2022, 8:27 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:

Classified payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit B1071 - Maiden Flight Landing Zone 4
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Recent Launches
Falcon 9
Success
2 days, 12 hours ago
Starlink Group 12-2
Launch Complex 39A - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

A batch of 21 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.

Electron
Success
4 days, 4 hours ago
StriX Launch 6
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B - Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

Synthetic aperture radar satellites for Japanese Earth imaging company Synspective.

Falcon 9
Success
4 days, 6 hours ago
Bandwagon 2 (Dedicated Mid-Inclination Rideshare)
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Dedicated rideshare flight to a mid-inclination orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers…

Long March 3
Success
5 days, 3 hours ago
TJSW-12
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2) - Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Chinese classified satellite claimed to be for communication technology test purposes. Actual mission not known.

Ceres-1S
Success
6 days, 8 hours ago
Tianqi 33-36
Oriental Spaceport mobile launch ship - Sea Launch

4 small satellites for LEO Internet of Things (IoT) communication purposes.

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