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Mission status
Launch Successful
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LAUNCH SITECape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission
A batch of 48 satellites for the OneWeb satellite constellation, which is intended to provide global Internet broadband service for individual consumers. The constellation is planned to have around 648 microsatellites (of which 60 are spares), around 150 kg each, operating in Ku-band from low Earth orbit.
- Launch vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5
- Mission type
- Communications
- Destination orbit
- Polar Orbit
- Launch pad
- Space Launch Complex 40
- Provider
- SpaceX
- Programs
- OneWeb
- Recovery
- Return to Launch Site, The Falcon 9 first stage has successfully landed back at the launch site after this 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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Launch site & orbit
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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