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SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Iridium-9 & OneWeb 19
Launched
May 20, 2023 · 13:16 UTC
Summary
Iridium-9 & OneWeb 19 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on May 20, 2023 at 13:16 UTC. It was SpaceX's 247th launch, 34th this year and humanity's 6,441st orbital launch attempt. It was the 169th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 31st this year. Booster B1063 flew for the 11th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You. The payload was bound for Polar Orbit (PO). The tracked orbit of OneWeb SL0561, one of 21 catalogued objects, from May 23, 2023, was 620 × 635 km inclined 86.7°. 21 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- Iridium OneWeb MissionSpaceX
- Iridium OneWeb MissionSpaceX
- Booster
- B1063 · flight 11 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Of Course I Still Love You · landed209/217 landed here · 35 days after its previous flight, Transporter 7 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) · 655 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Polar Orbit (PO)
- Milestone
- 169th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 31st this yearSpaceX's 247th launch34th this yearhumanity's 6,441st orbital launch attempt73rd orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
OneWeb SL0561 · NORAD 56710 · 2023-068 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 21 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- UNKNOWN
- Epoch
- 2023-05-23 16:00:00 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.82896476 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0010382
- Inclination
- 86.6764°
- Ascending node
- 139.0479°
- Arg. of perigee
- 206.9671°
- Mean anomaly
- 337.546°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 130
- B*
- -0.0061325
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: PO.
Catalogued objects
21 catalogued: 21 payloads; 21 still in orbit
- OneWeb SL0561 · NORAD 56710 · in orbit
- OneWeb SL0668 · NORAD 56711 · in orbit
- OneWeb SL0676 · NORAD 56712 · in orbit
- OneWeb SL0677 · NORAD 56713 · in orbit
- OneWeb SL0678 · NORAD 56714 · in orbit
- OneWeb SL0679 · NORAD 56715 · in orbit
- OneWeb SL0680 · NORAD 56716 · in orbit
- OneWeb SL0681 · NORAD 56717 · in orbit
- OneWeb SL0682 · NORAD 56718 · in orbit
- OneWeb SL0683 · NORAD 56719 · in orbit
- OneWeb SL0684 · NORAD 56720 · in orbit
- OneWeb SL0686 · NORAD 56721 · in orbit
Show 9 more payloads
- OneWeb SL0694 · NORAD 56722 · in orbit
- OneWeb SL0696 · NORAD 56723 · in orbit
- OneWeb SL0703 · NORAD 56724 · in orbit
- OneWeb SL0721 JoeySat · NORAD 56725 · in orbit
- Iridium Next SV181 · NORAD 56726 · in orbit
- Iridium Next SV177 · NORAD 56727 · in orbit
- Iridium Next SV174 · NORAD 56728 · in orbit
- Iridium Next SV178 · NORAD 56729 · in orbit
- Iridium Next SV179 · NORAD 56730 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
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.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
110th launch from Space Launch Complex 4E, 10th this year · 719th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: May 20, 6:16 AM PDT, in daylight
303 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
9 days 17 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Successful deployment of all satellites
Show 9 earlier updates
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
Questions
When did Iridium-9 & OneWeb 19 launch?
Iridium-9 & OneWeb 19 launched on May 20, 2023 at 13:16 UTC.
Where can I watch Iridium-9 & OneWeb 19?
Coverage: Iridium OneWeb Mission; Iridium OneWeb Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Iridium-9 & OneWeb 19?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Iridium-9 & OneWeb 19 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA. Liftoff was May 20, 6:16 AM PDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1063 flew for the 11th time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You.
What orbit did Iridium-9 & OneWeb 19 reach?
The tracked orbit of OneWeb SL0561, one of 21 catalogued objects, from May 23, 2023, was 620 × 635 km inclined 86.7°.
How many satellites did Iridium-9 & OneWeb 19 launch?
21 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 21 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Iridium-9 & OneWeb 19 part of?
Iridium Constellation and OneWeb. About Iridium Constellation