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BlueBird Block 2 #3-5
Falcon 9 Block 5
Historical mission record
This page records Falcon 9 Block 5 | BlueBird Block 2 #3-5 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
AST SpaceMobile’s Block 2 BlueBird satellites are designed to deliver up to 10 times the bandwidth capacity of the BlueBird Block 1 satellites, required to achieve 24/7 continuous cellular broadband service coverage in the United States, with beams designed to support a capacity of up to 40 MHz, enabling peak data transmission speeds up to 120 Mbps, supporting voice, full data and video applications. The Block 2 BlueBirds, featuring as large as 2400 square foot communications arrays, will be the largest satellites ever commercially deployed in Low Earth orbit once launched. This launch will feature 3 satellites.
- Launch vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Mission type
- Communications
- Destination orbit
- Low Earth Orbit
- Launch pad
- Space Launch Complex 40
- Provider
- SpaceX
- Recovery
- Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship, The Falcon 9 first stage B1077 has landed on ASDS ASOG after its 29th 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
This is a mission record, not an upcoming calendar appointment.
1h 36m windowPublished target
WINDOW OPENS
WINDOW CLOSES
Target ·
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Weather concerns
Cumulus Cloud Rule, Anvil Cloud Rules
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
Startup
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- T−00:01:00
Tank Press
- T−00:00:45
GO for Launch
- T−00:00:03
Ignition
- T+00:00:00
Liftoff
- T+00:01:13
Max-Q
- T+00:02:27
MECO
- T+00:02:31
Stage 2 Separation
- T+00:02:39
SES-1
- T+00:03:22
Fairing Separation
- T+00:06:16
Entry Burn Startup
- T+00:06:39
Entry Burn Shutdown
- T+00:08:02
Stage 1 Landing Burn
- T+00:08:30
SECO-1
- T+00:08:32
Stage 1 Landing
- T+00:46:00
SES-2
- T+00:46:06
SECO-2
- T+00:54:27
Payload Separation
- T+00:59:47
Payload Separation
- T+01:05:07
Payload Separation
Launch site & orbit
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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