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SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Galileo FOC FM26 & FM 32 - SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - September 17, 2024

Launch Date: September 17 (EDT) Launch Time: 6:50 p.m. EDT, 2250 UTC - September 18 00:50 CEST Launch Window: Open til 7:24 p.m. EDT Launch Site: SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, ...

Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Florida with European navigation satellites

Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket carrying Galileo navigation satellites to Medium Earth Orbit for the European Commission. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canavera...

SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches Galileo FOC FM26 & FM32

Following several delays, Falcon 9 is now expected to launch a pair of Galileo global positioning satellites from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Monday, ...

Galileo L13 Mission

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Galileo L13 (FOC FM26 & FM32)

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Overview

Destination: Medium Earth Orbit
Mission: Navigation

Medium Earth Orbit Space Launch Complex 40 Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA Probability: 60%
B1067 - Just Read the Instructions

Two satellites for Europe's Galileo navigation system. Originally planned for launch on Soyuz-ST and then Ariane 6 but both were unavailable. Galileo provides Europe with an alternative to the American GPS and Russian GLONASS constellations, but will be interoperable with both systems.

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Updates

Nosu • Sept. 18, 2024, 5:41 a.m.

Launch success.


Cosmic_Penguin • Sept. 18, 2024, 2:28 a.m.

Payload deployment confirmed.


Cosmic_Penguin • Sept. 17, 2024, 11:01 p.m.

Updated T-0.


Cosmic_Penguin • Sept. 17, 2024, 10:51 p.m.

Liftoff.


LL2 • Sept. 17, 2024, 10:27 p.m.

Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started


Falcon 9

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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
  • Stages
    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


B1067

Status: Active


Type: Core
Flight Proven: Yes
First Flight: June 3, 2021
Last Flight: June 8, 2026
Flights: 35
Landings Attempted: 35
Landings Successful: 35
Previous B1067 Flights

Landing Information

The Falcon 9 first stage B1067 has landed on ASDS JRTI after its 22nd flight.

Result: Successful Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship landing at Just Read the Instructions.

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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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