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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 16 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)
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The flight at a glance.
Dedicated rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.
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Planned timings relative to the target. These steps do not indicate live progress.
- 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+00:01:07
Max-Q
- T+00:02:27
MECO
- T+00:02:30
Stage 2 Separation
- T+00:02:38
SES-1
- T+00:03:07
Fairing Separation
- T+00:06:17
Entry Burn Shutdown
- T+00:06:41
Entry Burn Shutdown
- T+00:08:09
Stage 1 Landing Burn
- T+00:08:19
SECO-1
- T+00:08:33
Stage 1 Landing
- T+00:51:40
SES-2
- T+00:51:44
SECO-2
- T+00:54:39
Payload Deployment Sequence Start
- T+01:10:12
Payload Deployment Sequence End
- T+01:41:39
SES-3
- T+01:41:41
SECO-3
- T+02:13:05
SES-4
- T+02:13:05
SECO-4
- T+02:16:11
Payload Deployment Sequence Start
- T+02:31:56
Payload Deployment Sequence End