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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission (ASBM)

ASBM

SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5 · Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

SpaceX's 391st launch · 80th this year · humanity's 6,736th orbital launch attempt

T− --:--:--August 12, 2024 · 02:02 UTCAdd to calendar
Success

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

Window: Aug 12, 02:02 – Aug 12, 02:02 UTC

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Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission (ASBM)

ASBM (Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission) 1 & 2 are two twin satellites built by Northrop Grumman for Space Norway, in cooperation with Inmarsat and the Norwegian Ministry of Defence. They are designed to bring mobile broadband coverage in the Arctic for both civilians and military. The US Air Force provides the Extremely High Frequency eXtended Data Rate payloads on ASBM satellites as part of the Enhanced Polar System Recapitalization (EPS-R) program.

Communications · Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical)

Booster

  • B1061 · flight 22 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ Of Course I Still Love You · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 8-8 · zone record 209/217

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Flight timeline

  1. T−38MGO for Prop Load
  2. T−35MStage 1 LOX Load
  3. T−35MProp Load
  4. T−16MStage 2 LOX Load
  5. T−7MEngine Chill
  6. T−1MTank Press
  7. T−1MStartup
  8. T−45SGO for Launch
  9. T−3SIgnition
  10. P0DLiftoff
  11. T+1M10SMax-Q
  12. T+2M32SMECO
  13. T+2M35SStage 2 Separation
  14. T+2M43SSES-1
  15. T+3M23SFairing Separation
  16. T+6M22SEntry Burn Startup
  17. T+6M45SEntry Burn Shutdown
  18. T+8M14SSECO-1
  19. T+8M17SStage 1 Landing Burn
  20. T+8M39SStage 1 Landing
  21. T+36M47SSES-2
  22. T+37M27SSECO-2
  23. T+42M28SPayload Separation
  24. T+47M38SPayload Separation

Updates

  • Launch success.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 8/12/2024 · source

  • Both payload have been deployed.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 8/12/2024 · source

  • Liftoff.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 8/12/2024 · source

  • Unofficial Webcast by SPACE AFFAIRS has started

    LL2 · 8/12/2024 · source

  • GO for launch.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 8/9/2024 · source

  • Added tentative launch date and time.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 8/4/2024 · source

  • Reverting to TBD July pending completion of the investigation into the Starlink Group 9-3 second engine failure

    Nosu · 7/12/2024 · source

  • Targeting NET July 16 UTC per NOTAM B0564/24.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 7/10/2024 · source

  • NET July 14 UTC.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 7/9/2024 · source

  • NET late July.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 4/29/2024 · source

Pad — Space Launch Complex 4E

Local pad time: Aug 11, 7:02 PM PDT

284 launches from this pad · 900 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

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