Falcon 9 Block 5 | O3b mPower 7 & 8
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Launch Window
Dec. 17, 2024, 8:59 p.m. - Dec. 17, 2024, 10:26 p.m.
Dec. 17, 2024, 8:59 p.m. - Dec. 17, 2024, 10:26 p.m.
Seventh and eighth 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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Launch success.
Spacecrafts separation.
Liftoff
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
Now targeting Dec 17 at 22:26 UTC
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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The Falcon 9 1st stage will attempt to land on ASDS JRTI after its flight.
Result: Successful Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship landing at Just Read the Instructions.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.
INFO WIKI
This is will be the fourth pair of O3b mPOWER satellites launched to a medium Earth orbit. Liftoff from Launch Complex 39A is set for 3:59 p.m. EST (2059 UTC).
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