Falcon 9 Block 5 | EarthCARE

EarthCARE (Earth Cloud Aerosol and Radiation Explorer) is a joint mission of ESA and JAXA. The main goal of the mission is the observation and characterization of clouds and aerosols as well as measuring the reflected solar radiation and the infrared radiation emitted from Earth's surface and atmosphere.

Earth Science · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)

• B1081 · flight 7 · Return to Launch Site @ Landing Zone 4 · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 8-1 · zone record 35/35

• SpaceX EarthCARE — The Space Devs
• ESA’s EarthCARE launch (Official broadcast) — European Space Agency, ESA
• ESA EarthCARE Mission — SpaceX

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+1M7SMax-Q
12. T+2M19SMECO
13. T+2M23SStage 2 Separation
14. T+2M24SStage 1 Flip
15. T+2M24SSES-1
16. T+2M36SBooster Boostback Burn Startup
17. T+2M46SFairing Separation
18. T+3M19SBooster Boostback Burn Shutdown
19. T+6M19SEntry Burn Startup
20. T+6M38SEntry Burn Shutdown
21. T+7M30SStage 1 Landing Burn
22. T+7M46SStage 1 Landing
23. T+8M41SSECO-1
24. T+10M42SPayload Separation

• Satellite signal acquisition confirmed.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 5/28/2024 · source

• Spacecraft separation.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 5/28/2024 · source

• Liftoff.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 5/28/2024 · source

• Added launch date and time.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 5/17/2024 · source

• NET May 2024.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 10/28/2023 · source

• NET 2Q 2024.

  Cosmic_Penguin · 7/2/2023 · source

• Moved to Falcon 9 from Vega-C due to a delayed return to flight after a launch failure and the larger than expected spacecraft size requiring cutouts in the Vega-C fairing.

  Nosu · 6/29/2023 · source

• Updating launch vehicle to Vega-C

  Nosu · 10/20/2022 · source