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SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
CSG-2
Launched
January 31, 2022
Summary
CSG-2 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on January 31, 2022. It was SpaceX's 156th launch, 4th this year and humanity's 6,190th orbital launch attempt. It was the 82nd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 4th this year. Booster B1052 flew for the 3rd time and landed at Landing Zone 1. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). It reached a 627 × 633 km orbit inclined 97.9°. One object from this launch is catalogued.
- Watch
- Falcon 9 CSG-2The Space Devs
- COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation FM2 MissionSpaceX
- COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation FM2 MissionSpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceX
- Booster
- Mission
- Earth Science · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
- Milestone
- 82nd Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 4th this yearSpaceX's 156th launch4th this yearhumanity's 6,190th orbital launch attempt8th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
CSG FM2 · NORAD 51444 · 2022-008 · Space-Track
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2022-008A
- Epoch
- 2022-02-01 05:48:43 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.8211654 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0004489
- Inclination
- 97.8945°
- Ascending node
- 217.8839°
- Arg. of perigee
- 124.0829°
- Mean anomaly
- 46.0714°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 3
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: SSO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile. Booster return drawn from padside's representative arc.
Catalogued objects
1 catalogued: 1 payload; 1 still in orbit
- CSG FM2 · NORAD 51444 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
CSG-2 is an Earth observation satellite for the Italian Space Agency, part of a reconnaissance constellation using synthetic aperture radars operating in the X-band.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
135th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 2nd this year · 833rd from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
18 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success confirmed
Show 9 earlier updates
Range is red, scrub and 24h recycle
SwGustav · 1/30/2022 · source
Delayed by 24 hours due to weather
Nosu · 1/29/2022 · source
Scrub and 24h recycle due to weather conditions
SwGustav · 1/28/2022 · source
Weather 70%
Jay · 1/28/2022 · source
Scrub and 24 hour recycle.
SwGustav · 1/27/2022 · source
Adjusting T-0 seconds
Nosu · 1/27/2022 · source
Weather 60%
Nosu · 1/26/2022 · source
Weather 70%
Jay · 1/25/2022 · source
Weather 80%
Nosu · 1/24/2022 · source
Questions
When did CSG-2 launch?
CSG-2 launched on January 31, 2022. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch CSG-2?
Coverage: Falcon 9 CSG-2; COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation FM2 Mission; COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation FM2 Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched CSG-2?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did CSG-2 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1052 flew for the 3rd time and landed at Landing Zone 1.
What orbit did CSG-2 reach?
It reached a 627 × 633 km orbit inclined 97.9°.
How many satellites did CSG-2 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).