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COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation FM2 Mission

SpaceX is targeting Monday, January 31 for launch of the COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation FM2 mission to low Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) ...

COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation FM2 Mission

SpaceX is targeting Saturday, January 29 for launch of the COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation FM2 mission to low Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40...

COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation FM2 Mission

SpaceX is targeting Friday, January 28 for launch of the COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation FM2 mission to low Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) ...

CSG-2

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Overview

Destination: Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Mission: Earth Science

Sun-Synchronous Orbit Space Launch Complex 40 Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA Probability: 95%
B1052 - Landing Zone 1

CSG-2 is an Earth observation satellite for the Italian Space Agency, part of a reconnaissance constellation using synthetic aperture radars operating in the X-band.

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Updates

SwGustav • Feb. 1, 2022, 6:16 a.m.

Launch success confirmed


SwGustav • Jan. 30, 2022, 11:12 p.m.

Range is red, scrub and 24h recycle


Nosu • Jan. 29, 2022, 6:26 p.m.

Delayed by 24 hours due to weather


SwGustav • Jan. 28, 2022, 11:05 p.m.

Scrub and 24h recycle due to weather conditions



Falcon 9

Family:
Configuration: 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.

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Specifications
  • Minimum Stage
    1
  • Max Stage
    2
  • Length
    70.0 m
  • Diameter
    3.65 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    5.2 m
  • Launch Mass
    549.0 T
  • Thrust
    7607.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Falcon 9
  • Family
  • Variant
    Block 5
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Falcon 9 Block 5
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
    $52000000
  • Low Earth Orbit
    22800.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    8300.0 kg
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity

Booster Info


B1052

Status: Expended


Type: Core
Flight Proven: Yes
First Flight: April 11, 2019
Last Flight: May 1, 2023
Flights: 8
Landings Attempted: 7
Landings Successful: 7
Previous B1052 Flights

Landing Information

B1052 has landed at landing zone 1 after its third flight.

Result: Successful Return to Launch Site landing at Landing Zone 1.

SpaceX

SpaceX

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CEO: Elon Musk Founded: 2002 Successes: 396 Failures: 12 Pending: 119

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Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.

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