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SpaceX - Falcon 9 - SLC-4E - SARah 2 & 3 - Vandenberg Space Force Base - Space Affairs Livestream

SpaceX is targeting Sunday, December 24 for a Falcon 9 launch of the SARah-2 mission to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenbe...

SARah-2 Mission

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SARah 2 & 3

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Overview

Destination: Polar Orbit
Mission: Government/Top Secret

Polar Orbit Space Launch Complex 4E Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
B1075 - Landing Zone 4

SARah 2 & 3 are two passive reflector antenna radar satellites built by OHB-System, based on the reflector-antenna technology of SAR-Lupe. They are part of the three satellite constellation being built for the German government as a follow-up to the SAR-Lupe radar sat constellation.

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Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • Dec. 24, 2023, 2:08 p.m.

Launch success and satellites contacted.


Cosmic_Penguin • Dec. 24, 2023, 1:11 p.m.

Liftoff.


LL2 • Dec. 24, 2023, 12:56 p.m.

Livestream has started


hitura-nobad • Dec. 23, 2023, 1:34 p.m.

Scrubbed, targeting December 24 13:11 UTC


hitura-nobad • Dec. 23, 2023, 1:16 p.m.

New T-0 14:10 UTC


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


B1075

Status: Active


Type: Core
Flight Proven: Yes
First Flight: January 19, 2023
Last Flight: April 29, 2026
Flights: 22
Landings Attempted: 22
Landings Successful: 22
Previous B1075 Flights

Landing Information

The Falcon 9 first stage B1075 has landed back at LZ-4 after its 8th flight.

Result: Successful Return to Launch Site landing at Landing Zone 4.

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CEO: Elon Musk Founded: 2002 Successes: 695 Failures: 15 Pending: 129

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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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