SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
OneWeb 16
Launched
January 10, 2023 · 04:50 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
OneWeb 16 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on January 10, 2023 at 04:50 UTC. The launch window ran from 04:45 to 05:05 UTC. It was SpaceX's 215th launch, 2nd this year and humanity's 6,373rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 140th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 2nd this year. Booster B1076 flew for the 2nd time and landed at Landing Zone 1. The payload was bound for Polar Orbit (PO). OneWeb SL0532, one of 40 catalogued objects, reached a 610 × 613 km orbit inclined 86.5°. 40 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- OneWeb Launch 16 MissionSpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXOneWeb
- Booster
- B1076 · flight 2 · Return to Launch Site at Landing Zone 1 · landed53/54 landed here · 44 days after its previous flight, Dragon CRS-2 SpX-26 · 9 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Polar Orbit (PO)
- Milestone
- 140th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 2nd this yearSpaceX's 215th launch2nd this yearhumanity's 6,373rd orbital launch attempt5th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
OneWeb SL0532 · NORAD 55140 · 2023-004 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 40 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2023-004A
- Epoch
- 2023-01-10 05:45:34 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.87923017 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.00024
- Inclination
- 86.5°
- Ascending node
- 285.77°
- Arg. of perigee
- 128.01°
- Mean anomaly
- 217.01°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 15
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: PO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile. Booster return drawn from padside's representative arc.
Catalogued objects
40 catalogued: 40 payloads; 40 still in orbit
- OneWeb SL0532 · NORAD 55140 · in orbit
- OneWeb SL0533 · NORAD 55141 · in orbit
- OneWeb SL0541 · NORAD 55142 · in orbit
- OneWeb SL0543 · NORAD 55143 · in orbit
- OneWeb SL0544 · NORAD 55144 · in orbit
- OneWeb SL0560 · NORAD 55145 · in orbit
- OneWeb SL0565 · NORAD 55146 · in orbit
- OneWeb SL0567 · NORAD 55147 · in orbit
- OneWeb SL0569 · NORAD 55148 · in orbit
- OneWeb SL0570 · NORAD 55149 · in orbit
- OneWeb SL0571 · NORAD 55150 · in orbit
- OneWeb SL0572 · NORAD 55151 · in orbit
Show 28 more payloads
- OneWeb SL0573 · NORAD 55152 · in orbit
- OneWeb SL0588 · NORAD 55153 · in orbit
- OneWeb SL0598 · NORAD 55154 · in orbit
- OneWeb SL0599 · NORAD 55155 · in orbit
- OneWeb SL0614 · NORAD 55156 · in orbit
- OneWeb SL0616 · NORAD 55157 · in orbit
- OneWeb SL0617 · NORAD 55158 · in orbit
- OneWeb SL0618 · NORAD 55159 · in orbit
- OneWeb SL0619 · NORAD 55160 · in orbit
- OneWeb SL0620 · NORAD 55161 · in orbit
- OneWeb SL0621 · NORAD 55162 · in orbit
- OneWeb SL0622 · NORAD 55163 · in orbit
- OneWeb SL0623 · NORAD 55164 · in orbit
- OneWeb SL0624 · NORAD 55165 · in orbit
- OneWeb SL0625 · NORAD 55166 · in orbit
- OneWeb SL0626 · NORAD 55167 · in orbit
- OneWeb SL0627 · NORAD 55168 · in orbit
- OneWeb SL0628 · NORAD 55169 · in orbit
- OneWeb SL0629 · NORAD 55170 · in orbit
- OneWeb SL0631 · NORAD 55171 · in orbit
- OneWeb SL0709 · NORAD 55172 · in orbit
- OneWeb SL0710 · NORAD 55173 · in orbit
- OneWeb SL0711 · NORAD 55174 · in orbit
- OneWeb SL0713 · NORAD 55175 · in orbit
- OneWeb SL0715 · NORAD 55176 · in orbit
- OneWeb SL0716 · NORAD 55177 · in orbit
- OneWeb SL0717 · NORAD 55178 · in orbit
- OneWeb SL0719 · NORAD 55179 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
A batch of 48 satellites for the OneWeb satellite constellation, which is intended to provide global Internet broadband service for individual consumers. The constellation is planned to have around 648 microsatellites (of which 60 are spares), around 150 kg each, operating in Ku-band from low Earth orbit.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
165th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 2nd this year · 870th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Jan 9, 11:50 PM EST, at night
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
6 days 13 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
All satellites confirmed deployed, launch success
Show 8 earlier updates
Liftoff
SwGustav · 1/10/2023 · source
Coverage live
SwGustav · 1/10/2023 · source
Delayed by a day. Weather now >90%
Nosu · 1/8/2023 · source
Go for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 1/6/2023 · source
Weather 90%
Nosu · 1/5/2023 · source
Setting TBC
Nosu · 1/3/2023 · source
NET January 2023
Cosmic_Penguin · 12/1/2022 · source
Added launch per newest info of OneWeb RTF arrangements.
Cosmic_Penguin · 7/26/2022 · source
Questions
When did OneWeb 16 launch?
OneWeb 16 launched on January 10, 2023 at 04:50 UTC. The launch window ran from 04:45 to 05:05 UTC.
Where can I watch OneWeb 16?
Coverage: OneWeb Launch 16 Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched OneWeb 16?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did OneWeb 16 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA. Liftoff was Jan 9, 11:50 PM EST local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1076 flew for the 2nd time and landed at Landing Zone 1.
What orbit did OneWeb 16 reach?
OneWeb SL0532, one of 40 catalogued objects, reached a 610 × 613 km orbit inclined 86.5°.
How many satellites did OneWeb 16 launch?
40 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 40 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is OneWeb 16 part of?
OneWeb. About OneWeb