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O3b mPower 3 & 4

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Overview

Destination: Medium Earth Orbit
Mission: Communications

Medium Earth Orbit Space Launch Complex 40 Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA Probability: 70%
B1078 - Just Read the Instructions

Third and fourth of a constellation of eleven high-throughput communications satellites in Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) built by Boeing and operated by SES.

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Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • April 29, 2023, 2:46 a.m.

Launch success.


Cosmic_Penguin • April 28, 2023, 10:12 p.m.

Liftoff.


LL2 • April 28, 2023, 9:56 p.m.

Livestream has started


Cosmic_Penguin • April 28, 2023, 8:59 p.m.

New T-0


Cosmic_Penguin • April 28, 2023, 8:52 p.m.

New T-0


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


B1078

Status: Active


Type: Core
Flight Proven: Yes
First Flight: March 2, 2023
Last Flight: March 22, 2026
Flights: 27
Landings Attempted: 27
Landings Successful: 27
Previous B1078 Flights

Landing Information

B1078 has successfully landed on ASDS JRTI after its second flight.

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

SpaceX

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CEO: Elon Musk Founded: 2002 Successes: 664 Failures: 15 Pending: 122

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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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