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Mission status
Launch Successful
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LAUNCH SITEVandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Mission
Fourteenth 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.
- Launch vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Mission type
- Government/Top Secret
- Destination orbit
- Unknown
- Launch pad
- Space Launch Complex 4E
- Provider
- SpaceX
- Recovery
- Return to Launch Site, The Falcon 9 first stage B1103 has landed on Landing Zone 4 after its 3rd 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
- 600
- First flight
- 2018-05-11
Recorded timing
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35 minute windowPublished target
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Flight timeline
Planned sequence, not live telemetry. Times are relative to the launch target.
- T−00:38:00
GO for Prop Load
- T−00:35:00
Prop Load
- T−00:35:00
Stage 1 LOX Load
- T−00:16:00
Stage 2 LOX Load
- T−00:07:00
Engine Chill
- T−00:01:00
Tank Press
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- T−00:01:00
Startup
- T−00:00:45
GO for Launch
- T−00:00:03
Ignition
- T+00:00:00
Liftoff
- T+00:01:02
Max-Q
- T+00:02:10
MECO
- T+00:02:14
Stage 2 Separation
- T+00:02:22
SES-1
- T+00:02:56
Fairing Separation
- T+00:03:21
Booster Boostback Burn Shutdown
- T+00:06:01
Entry Burn Startup
- T+00:06:18
Entry Burn Shutdown
- T+00:07:18
Stage 1 Landing Burn
- T+00:07:43
Stage 1 Landing
Launch site & orbit
Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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Launch site
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