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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Pandora / Twilight rideshare mission
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Mission brief
The flight at a glance.
The Pandora small satellite was selected in 2021 as an inaugural mission in NASA’s Astrophysics Pioneers Program. It includes a 0.45-meter telescope that will improve our understanding of exoplanet atmospheres by disentangling exoplanet signals from their host stars, as well as studying host star variability with long-duration observations of 20 unique planets through visible-light photometry and near-infrared spectroscopy. Also launching on this launch are 39 other ride-share payloads under the "Falcon 9 Twilight mission" manifested by Exolaunch, including satellites from Spire Global and Kepler Communications.
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Planned timings relative to the target. These steps do not indicate live progress.
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Max-Q
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MECO
- T+00:02:18
Stage 2 Separation
- T+00:02:22
Stage 1 Flip
- T+00:02:26
SES-1
- T+00:02:32
Booster Boostback Burn Startup
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- T+00:02:56
Fairing Separation
- T+00:03:26
Booster Boostback Burn Shutdown
- T+00:06:08
Entry Burn Startup
- T+00:06:19
Entry Burn Shutdown
- T+00:07:16
Stage 1 Landing Burn
- T+00:07:34
Stage 1 Landing
- T+00:08:09
SECO-1
- T+00:56:55
SES-2
- T+00:56:56
SECO-2
- T+01:01:33
Payload Deployment Sequence Start
- T+01:08:22
Payload Deployment Sequence End
- T+01:43:04
SES-3
- T+01:43:05
SECO-3
- T+02:14:51
SES-4
- T+02:14:52
SECO-4
- T+02:19:56
Payload Deployment Sequence Start
- T+02:32:59
Payload Deployment Sequence End