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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Transporter 12 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)

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SpaceX · Falcon 9 Block 5 · Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

SpaceX's 456th launch · 7th this year · humanity's 6,858th orbital launch attempt

T− --:--:--January 14, 2025 · 19:09 UTCAdd to calendar
Success

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

Window: Jan 14, 18:49 – Jan 14, 19:16 UTC

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Transporter 12 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)

Dedicated rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.

Dedicated Rideshare · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)

Booster

  • B1088 · flight 2 · Return to Launch Site @ Landing Zone 4 · landed ✓ · last flew Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-126 · zone record 35/35

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Flight timeline

  1. T−38MGO for Prop Load
  2. T−35MStage 1 Propellant Load
  3. T−35MStage 1 LOX 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+1M4SMax-Q
  12. T+2M13SMECO
  13. T+2M17SStage 2 Separation
  14. T+2M21SStage 1 Flip
  15. T+2M25SSES-1
  16. T+2M30SBooster Boostback Burn Startup
  17. T+3M3SFairing Separation
  18. T+3M25SBooster Boostback Burn Shutdown
  19. T+6M12SEntry Burn Startup
  20. T+6M41SEntry Burn Shutdown
  21. T+7M15SStage 1 Landing Burn
  22. T+7M32SStage 1 Landing
  23. T+8M15SSECO-1
  24. T+50M52SSES-2
  25. T+50M56SSECO-2
  26. T+54M12SPayload Deployment Sequence Start
  27. T+2H22M2SPayload Deployment Sequence End

Updates

  • All payloads deployed.

    hitura-nobad · 1/14/2025 · source

  • Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started

    LL2 · 1/14/2025 · source

  • Liftoff

    hitura-nobad · 1/14/2025 · source

  • T-0 is accurate to the second.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 1/14/2025 · source

  • Now targeting Jan 14 at 19:09 UTC

    hitura-nobad · 1/14/2025 · source

  • GO for launch.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 1/14/2025 · source

  • Launch time is accurate to the second.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 1/13/2025 · source

  • Added launch window.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 1/7/2025 · source

  • NET January 14.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 1/7/2025 · source

  • NET January 2025. (see also Varda W-Series 2 update at https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=58044.msg2640800#msg2640800)

    Cosmic_Penguin · 11/12/2024 · source

Pad — Space Launch Complex 4E

Local pad time: Jan 14, 11:09 AM PST

284 launches from this pad · 900 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

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