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SpaceX - Falcon 9 - OPTUS-X/TD7 - LC-39A - Kennedy Space Center - November 17, 2024

Launch Date: November 17, 2024 Launch Time: 5:28 p.m. ET, 22:28 UTC, 23:28 CET Launch Window: 4:29 p.m. ET til 6:28 p.m. ET Launch Site: LC-39A Kennedy Space Center Targeted Orbit: Geostationary Tra...

Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Kennedy Space Center with mystery Optus-X payload

Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket with a mysterious payload named "Optus-X" to a geosynchronous transfer orbit. Liftoff from pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center is scheduled ...

đź”´ FULL REPLAY: SpaceX Launches Optus-X/TD7

SpaceX launches an unannounced geostationary communication satellite built by Northrop Grumman, alleged for the Australian telecommunications operator Optus. Details TBD. Window Opens: November 17th ...

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Optus-X/TD7

Overview

Destination: Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Mission: Communications

Geostationary Transfer Orbit Launch Complex 39A Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA Probability: 95%
B1077 - A Shortfall of Gravitas

An unannounced geostationary communication satellite built by Northrop Grumman, alleged for the Australian telecommunications operator Optus. Details TBD.

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Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • Nov. 17, 2024, 10:28 p.m.

Liftoff.


LL2 • Nov. 17, 2024, 10:12 p.m.

Unofficial Webcast by SPACE AFFAIRS has started


Cosmic_Penguin • Nov. 17, 2024, 9:20 p.m.

Now targeting Nov 17 at 22:28 UTC


hitura-nobad • Nov. 17, 2024, 9:12 p.m.

Now targeting Nov 17 at 22:08 UTC


hitura-nobad • Nov. 17, 2024, 8:47 p.m.

Now targeting Nov 17 at 21:48 UTC


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


B1077

Status: Active


Type: Core
Flight Proven: Yes
First Flight: October 5, 2022
Last Flight: November 17, 2024
Flights: 15
Landings Attempted: 16
Landings Successful: 16
Previous B1077 Flights

Landing Information

The Falcon 9 first stage B1077 has landed on ASDS ASOG after its 16th flight.

Result: Successful Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship landing at A Shortfall of Gravitas.

SpaceX

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CEO: Elon Musk Founded: 2002 Successes: 414 Failures: 12 Pending: 118

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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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