Falcon 9 Block 5 | Iridium-9 & OneWeb 19
SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5 · Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
SpaceX's 247th launch · 34th this year · humanity's 6,441st orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: May 20, 13:16 – May 20, 13:16 UTC
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Iridium-9 & OneWeb 19
5 spare satellites for the Iridium NEXT constellation and 16 satellites for the OneWeb constellation (15 of current generation and 1 demonstration satellite for the next generation) on a share-ride.
Communications · Polar Orbit (PO)
Booster
- B1063 · flight 11 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship @ Of Course I Still Love You · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 7 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) · zone record 209/217
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Updates
Successful deployment of all satellites
Nosu · 5/20/2023 · source
Liftoff
Nosu · 5/20/2023 · source
Livestream has started
LL2 · 5/20/2023 · source
Adjusting T-0
Nosu · 5/19/2023 · source
Next opportunity 24 hours later
Nosu · 5/19/2023 · source
Launch abort
Nosu · 5/19/2023 · source
Livestream has started
LL2 · 5/19/2023 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/18/2023 · source
Tweaked launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/16/2023 · source
Added launch period.
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/13/2023 · source
Pad — Space Launch Complex 4E
Local pad time: May 20, 6:16 AM PDT
283 launches from this pad · 899 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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