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Falcon 9 Block 5 | SARah 2 & 3
SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5 · Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
SpaceX's 309th launch · 96th this year · humanity's 6,581st orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Dec 24, 13:11 – Dec 24, 14:34 UTC
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SARah 2 & 3
SARah 2 & 3 are two passive reflector antenna radar satellites built by OHB-System, based on the reflector-antenna technology of SAR-Lupe. They are part of the three satellite constellation being built for the German government as a follow-up to the SAR-Lupe radar sat constellation.
Government/Top Secret · Polar Orbit (PO)
Booster
- B1075 · flight 8 · Return to Launch Site @ Landing Zone 4 · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 7-6 · zone record 35/35
Watch
- SpaceX SARah 2 & 3 — The Space Devs
- SpaceX - Falcon 9 - SLC-4E - SARah 2 & 3 - Vandenberg Space Force Base - Space Affairs Livestream — SPACE AFFAIRS
- SARah-2 Mission — SpaceX
Updates
Launch success and satellites contacted.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/24/2023 · source
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/24/2023 · source
Livestream has started
LL2 · 12/24/2023 · source
Scrubbed, targeting December 24 13:11 UTC
hitura-nobad · 12/23/2023 · source
New T-0 14:10 UTC
hitura-nobad · 12/23/2023 · source
New T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/23/2023 · source
Livestream has started
LL2 · 12/23/2023 · source
Targeting 13:26 UTC
hitura-nobad · 12/23/2023 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/23/2023 · source
Delayed to NET December 23 per new NOTAMs.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/20/2023 · source
Pad — Space Launch Complex 4E
Local pad time: Dec 24, 5:11 AM PST
284 launches from this pad · 900 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
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