Falcon 9 Block 5 | PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem)
SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5 · Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
SpaceX's 322nd launch · 11th this year · humanity's 6,614th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Weather concerns: Cumulus Cloud Rule
Window: Feb 8, 06:33 – Feb 8, 06:33 UTC
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PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem)
PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) is a NASA Earth observation satellite mission. It will make global ocean color measurements to provide extended data records on ocean ecology and global biogeochemistry (e.g., carbon cycle) along with polarimetry measurements to provide extended data records on clouds and aerosols.
Earth Science · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
Booster
- B1081 · flight 4 · Return to Launch Site @ Landing Zone 1 · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-34 · zone record 53/54
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Flight timeline
- T−38MGO for Prop Load
- T−35MProp Load
- T−35MStage 1 LOX Load
- T−16MStage 2 LOX Load
- T−7MEngine Chill
- T−1MStartup
- T−1MTank Press
- T−45SGO for Launch
- T−3SIgnition
- P0DLiftoff
- T+1M7SMax-Q
- T+2M19SMECO
- T+2M23SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M30SSES-1
- T+2M36SBooster Boostback Burn Startup
- T+3M16SBooster Boostback Burn Shutdown
- T+4M15SFairing Separation
- T+5M46SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M11SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+6M58SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+7M32SStage 1 Landing
- T+10M20SSECO-1
- T+12M22SPACE Deployment
Updates
Launch success, spacecraft power positive.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/8/2024 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/8/2024 · source
Livestream has started
LL2 · 2/8/2024 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/8/2024 · source
Scrubbed for the day due to high winds.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/6/2024 · source
Updated launch weather.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/6/2024 · source
Scrubbed for the day due to high winds.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/6/2024 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/5/2024 · source
Weather 40% GO.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/4/2024 · source
Refined T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/30/2024 · source
News
NASA’s PACE Mission Studies Smoke, Fires
With the North American fire season underway, and a record number of acres already burned nationwide, NASA’s Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, and ocean Ecosystem (PACE) satellite’s three instruments are observing vegetation precursors to fires, along with plumes of smoke and their movement. This data will help scientists piece together clues that deepen their understanding of wildfires. […]
A Turquoise Tint for the Black Sea
Phytoplankton added a milky blue hue to the waters of the Black Sea and nearby waterways in spring and summer 2026.
Pad — Space Launch Complex 40
Local pad time: Feb 8, 1:33 AM EST
393 launches from this pad · 1,121 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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