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SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
O3b mPower 3 & 4
Launched
April 28, 2023 · 22:12 UTC
Summary
O3b mPower 3 & 4 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on April 28, 2023 at 22:12 UTC. The launch window ran from 21:12 to 22:40 UTC. It was SpaceX's 241st launch, 28th this year and humanity's 6,432nd orbital launch attempt. It was the 164th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 26th this year. Booster B1078 flew for the 2nd time and landed at Just Read the Instructions. The payload was bound for Medium Earth Orbit (MEO). O3b mPOWER F4, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 2,776 × 7,011 km orbit inclined 8.6°. 3 objects from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them payloads.
- Watch
- SES O3b mPOWER MissionSpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceX
- Booster
- Mission
- Communications · Medium Earth Orbit (MEO)
- Milestone
- 164th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 26th this yearSpaceX's 241st launch28th this yearhumanity's 6,432nd orbital launch attempt64th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
O3b mPOWER F4 · NORAD 56367 · 2023-059 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 3 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2023-059A
- Epoch
- 2023-04-29 03:20:08 UTC
- Mean motion
- 7.26171186 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.1879507
- Inclination
- 8.5966°
- Ascending node
- 22.3323°
- Arg. of perigee
- 180.9209°
- Mean anomaly
- 178.7506°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 3
- 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 F4 · NORAD 56367
- O3b mPOWER F3 · NORAD 56368
Falcon 9-221 Stage 2 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Third and fourth 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
178th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 15th this year · 884th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Apr 28, 6:12 PM EDT, in daylight
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
9 days 7 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success.
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/28/2023 · source
Livestream has started
LL2 · 4/28/2023 · source
New T-0
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/28/2023 · source
New T-0
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/28/2023 · source
Setting GO
Nosu · 4/27/2023 · source
Weather 20%
Nosu · 4/25/2023 · source
Added launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/23/2023 · source
Updating T-0
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/28/2023 · source
NET April/Q2
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/27/2023 · source
Questions
When did O3b mPower 3 & 4 launch?
O3b mPower 3 & 4 launched on April 28, 2023 at 22:12 UTC. The launch window ran from 21:12 to 22:40 UTC.
Where can I watch O3b mPower 3 & 4?
Coverage: SES O3b mPOWER Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched O3b mPower 3 & 4?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did O3b mPower 3 & 4 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Apr 28, 6:12 PM EDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1078 flew for the 2nd time and landed at Just Read the Instructions.
What orbit did O3b mPower 3 & 4 reach?
O3b mPOWER F4, one of 3 catalogued objects, reached a 2,776 × 7,011 km orbit inclined 8.6°.
How many satellites did O3b mPower 3 & 4 launch?
2 payloads from this launch are catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).