SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
O3b mPower 1 & 2
Launched
December 16, 2022
Image: SpaceX
Summary
O3b mPower 1 & 2 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on December 16, 2022. It was SpaceX's 210th launch, 58th this year and humanity's 6,362nd orbital launch attempt. It was the 135th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 57th this year. Booster B1067 flew for the 8th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas. The payload was bound for Medium Earth Orbit (MEO). O3b mPOWER F1, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 2,786 × 7,001 km orbit inclined 9.6°. 3 objects from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them payloads.
- Watch
- SES O3b mPOWER MissionSpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceX
- Booster
- B1067 · flight 8 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at A Shortfall of Gravitas · landed161/162 landed here · 43 days after its previous flight, Hotbird 13G · 672 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Medium Earth Orbit (MEO)
- Milestone
- 135th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 57th this yearSpaceX's 210th launch58th this yearhumanity's 6,362nd orbital launch attempt180th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
O3b mPOWER F1 · NORAD 54755 · 2022-174 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 3 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2022-174A
- Epoch
- 2022-12-17 05:46:02 UTC
- Mean motion
- 7.26199509 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.1871083
- Inclination
- 9.6125°
- Ascending node
- 260.2237°
- Arg. of perigee
- 181.4246°
- Mean anomaly
- 17.8852°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 2
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: MEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile. Booster return drawn from padside's representative arc.
Catalogued objects
3 catalogued: 2 payloads, 1 rocket stage; 1 still in orbit
- O3b mPOWER F1 · NORAD 54755
- O3b mPOWER F2 · NORAD 54756
Falcon 9-193 Stage 2 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
First and second of a constellation of eleven high-throughput communications satellites in Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) built by Boeing and operated by SES.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
162nd launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 29th this year · 867th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
5 days 15 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Successful deployment and AOS confirmed
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff
Jay · 12/16/2022
Webcast live
Jay · 12/16/2022 · source
Updating T-0
Nosu · 12/16/2022 · source
Updating T-0
Nosu · 12/16/2022 · source
Updated launch window and set GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/16/2022 · source
Weather >90%
Nosu · 12/15/2022 · source
Weather 90%
Nosu · 12/13/2022 · source
New launch date and time
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/9/2022 · source
Re-set to December TBD due to delays in launches ahead in queue.
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/7/2022 · source
Questions
When did O3b mPower 1 & 2 launch?
O3b mPower 1 & 2 launched on December 16, 2022. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch O3b mPower 1 & 2?
Coverage: SES O3b mPOWER Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched O3b mPower 1 & 2?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did O3b mPower 1 & 2 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1067 flew for the 8th time and landed at A Shortfall of Gravitas.
What orbit did O3b mPower 1 & 2 reach?
O3b mPOWER F1, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 2,786 × 7,001 km orbit inclined 9.6°.
How many satellites did O3b mPower 1 & 2 launch?
2 payloads from this launch are catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).