Falcon 9 Block 5 | WorldView Legion 3 & 4
Launch Successful
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Launch Window
Aug. 15, 2024, 1 p.m. - Aug. 15, 2024, 2 p.m.
Aug. 15, 2024, 1 p.m. - Aug. 15, 2024, 2 p.m.
WorldView Legion is a constellation of Earth observation satellites built and operated by Maxar. Constellation is planned to consist of 6 satellites in both polar and mid-inclination orbits, providing 30 cm-class resolution.
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Launch success with signals acquired from satellites.
All payloads deployed.
Liftoff
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
GO for launch.
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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Result: Successful Return to Launch Site landing at Landing Zone 1.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
Maxar’s third and fourth WorldView Legion satellites launched into mid-inclination orbit
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