Successful launch of the European Space Agency's Euclid telescope towards the Sun-Earth Lagrange point L2.
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Historical mission record
This page records Falcon 9 Block 5 | Euclid and its reported outcome: Launch Successful. The date above is a historical record.
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Mission status
Launch Successful
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LAUNCH SITECape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission
European Space Agency telescope designed to explore the evolution of the dark Universe. It will make a 3D-map of the Universe (with time as the third dimension) by observing billions of galaxies out to 10 billion light-years, across more than a third of the sky.
- Launch vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Mission type
- Astrophysics
- Destination orbit
- Sun-Earth L2
- Launch pad
- Space Launch Complex 40
- Provider
- SpaceX
- Recovery
- Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship, B1080 has successfully landed on ASDS ASOG after its second flight. +1
The vehicle
Published configuration and flight history.
Launch vehicle
Falcon 9 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.
- Height
- 70 m
- Diameter
- 3.65 m
- Stages
- 2
- Recorded launches
- 537
- First flight
- 2018-05-11
Recorded timing
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SCHEDULED MOMENT
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Weather concerns
Cumulus Cloud Rule
Launch site & orbit
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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Launch site
DestinationSun-Earth L2
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