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Falcon 9 Block 5 | MRV-1

SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5 · Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

SpaceX's 707th launch · 88th this year · humanity's 7,345th orbital launch attempt

T− --:--:--July 21, 2026 · 21:15 UTCAdd to calendar
Go75% go

Current T-0 confirmed by official or reliable sources.

Weather concerns: Cumulus Cloud Rule, Anvil Cloud Rules

Window: Jul 21, 21:15 – Jul 22, 01:04 UTC

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MRV-1

The Northrop Grumman/SpaceLogistics MRV-1 is a mission extension payload including a mission robotic vehicle (MRV) and multiple mission extension pods (MEPs). The MRV is designed to attach up to 30 MEPs (Mission Extension Pods) to various satellites in GEO over the course of its life, and the MEPs (Mission Extension Pods) are 400 kg spacecraft designed to be captured by the MRV and then attached to a customer's satellite. A single MEP can extend a 2000 kg satellite's service life by up to 6 years. For this mission, 2 of the MEP's will service satellites for Intelsat, while the third will service a satellite for Optus.

Mission Extension · Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)

Booster

  • B1069 · flight 32 · expendable · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-38 · zone record 38/42

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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−1MStartup
  7. T−1MTank Press
  8. T−45SGO for Launch
  9. T−3SIgnition
  10. P0DLiftoff
  11. T+1M12SMax-Q
  12. T+2M37SMECO
  13. T+2M41SStage 2 Separation
  14. T+2M48SSES-1
  15. T+3M29SFairing Separation
  16. T+7M55SSECO-1
  17. T+29MSES-2
  18. T+30M5SSECO-2
  19. T+35M34SPayload Separation
  20. T+45M34SPayload Separation
  21. T+55M34SPayload Separation
  22. T+56M51SSECO-2
  23. T+1H5M34SPayload Separation

Updates

  • Updated launch weather, 75% GO.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 7/20/2026 · source

  • Tweaked launch window.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 7/14/2026 · source

  • Launch date and time confirmed.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 7/13/2026 · source

  • Refined launch window.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 7/13/2026 · source

  • NET July 21, TBC.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 7/13/2026 · source

  • NET July.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 7/5/2026 · source

  • NET summer.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 5/12/2026 · source

  • NET Q2.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 1/12/2026 · source

  • NET early 2026.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 10/29/2025 · source

  • NET 2026.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 11/15/2024 · source

Pad — Space Launch Complex 40

Local pad time: Jul 21, 5:15 PM EDT

393 launches from this pad · 1,121 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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