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Globalstar 2-R Mission 1 (x 8)
Falcon 9 Block 5
Historical mission record
This page records Falcon 9 Block 5 | Globalstar 2-R Mission 1 (x 8) 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
The Globalstar global mobile communications network offers global, digital real time voice, data and fax services via its Low Earth Orbit satellite constellation. The constellation operates in a 1410 km orbit inclined at 52 degrees. In early 2022, Globalstar contracted with MDA for the construction of 17 new 2nd generation refresh satellites to replenish the existing constellation. Rocket Lab is sub-contracted to build the satellites' buses and the launch dispensers.
- Launch vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Mission type
- Communications
- Destination orbit
- Low Earth Orbit
- Launch pad
- Space Launch Complex 40
- Provider
- SpaceX
- Recovery
- Return to Launch Site, Falcon 9 first stage B1090 has landed back at the launch site at Landing Zone 40 after its 14th 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
- 630
- First flight
- 2018-05-11
Recorded timing
This is a mission record, not an upcoming calendar appointment.
15 minute windowPublished target
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WINDOW CLOSES
Target ·
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Weather concerns
Anvil Cloud Rules, Cumulus Cloud Rule
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
Stage 1 LOX Load
- T−00:35:00
Prop 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+00:01:06
Max-Q
- T+00:02:12
MECO
- T+00:02:15
Stage 2 Separation
- T+00:02:17
SES-1
- T+00:02:20
Stage 1 Flip
- T+00:02:29
Booster Boostback Burn Startup
- T+00:02:58
Fairing Separation
- T+00:03:24
Booster Boostback Burn Shutdown
- T+00:06:14
Entry Burn Startup
- T+00:06:31
Entry Burn Shutdown
- T+00:07:30
Stage 1 Landing Burn
- T+00:07:54
Stage 1 Landing
- T+00:08:20
SECO-1
- T+00:52:14
SES-2
- T+00:52:26
SECO-2
- T+00:56:29
Payload Deployment Sequence Start
- T+01:02:42
Payload Deployment Sequence End
Launch site & orbit
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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