SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
OneWeb 20
Launched
October 20, 2024 · 05:13 UTC
Image: SpaceX
Summary
OneWeb 20 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on October 20, 2024 at 05:13 UTC. The launch window ran from 05:09 to 05:48 UTC. It was SpaceX's 414th launch, 103rd this year and humanity's 6,781st orbital launch attempt. It was the 327th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 98th this year. Booster B1082 flew for the 7th time and landed at Landing Zone 4. The payload was bound for Polar Orbit (PO). The tracked orbit of OneWeb SL0015, one of 20 catalogued objects, from October 24, 2024, was 598 × 603 km inclined 86.5°. 20 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceXOneWeb
- Booster
- B1082 · flight 7 · Return to Launch Site at Landing Zone 4 · landed35/35 landed here · 76 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 11-1
- Mission
- Communications · Polar Orbit (PO)for OneWeb
- Milestone
- 327th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 98th this yearSpaceX's 414th launch103rd this yearhumanity's 6,781st orbital launch attempt192nd orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
OneWeb SL0015 · NORAD 61594 · 2024-188 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 20 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2024-188A
- Epoch
- 2024-10-24 16:00:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.91486026 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0003729
- Inclination
- 86.5106°
- Ascending node
- 168.7159°
- Arg. of perigee
- 180.3868°
- Mean anomaly
- 64.5835°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 169
- B*
- -0.00058324
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: PO.
Flight timeline
- T−38MGO for Prop Load
- T−35MStage 1 LOX Load
- T−35MProp Load
- T−16MStage 2 LOX Load
- T−7MEngine Chill
- T−1MTank Press
- T−1MStartup
- T−45SGO for Launch
- T−3SIgnition
- T−0Liftoff
- T+1M6SMax-Q
- T+2M15SMECO
- T+2M19SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M27SSES-1
- T+2M32SBooster Boostback Burn Startup
- T+3M2SFairing Separation
- T+3M28SBooster Boostback Burn Shutdown
- T+6M18SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M33SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M18SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+7M56SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M29SSECO-1
- T+55M3SSES-2
- T+55M6SSECO-2
- T+59M3SPayload Separation
- T+59M35SPayload Separation
- T+1H31SPayload Separation
- T+1H33SPayload Separation
- T+1H2M13SPayload Separation
- T+1H12M43SPayload Separation
- T+1H16M15SPayload Separation
- T+1H17M11SPayload Separation
- T+1H18M27SPayload Separation
- T+1H18M53SPayload Separation
Catalogued objects
20 catalogued: 20 payloads; 20 still in orbit
- OneWeb SL0015 · NORAD 61594 · in orbit
- OneWeb SL0687 · NORAD 61595 · in orbit
- OneWeb SL0688 · NORAD 61596 · in orbit
- OneWeb SL0689 · NORAD 61597 · in orbit
- OneWeb SL0690 · NORAD 61598 · in orbit
- OneWeb SL0691 · NORAD 61599 · in orbit
- OneWeb SL0692 · NORAD 61600 · in orbit
- OneWeb SL0693 · NORAD 61601 · in orbit
- OneWeb SL0695 · NORAD 61602 · in orbit
- OneWeb SL0697 · NORAD 61603 · in orbit
- OneWeb SL0698 · NORAD 61604 · in orbit
- OneWeb SL0699 · NORAD 61605 · in orbit
Show 8 more payloads
- OneWeb SL0700 · NORAD 61606 · in orbit
- OneWeb SL0701 · NORAD 61607 · in orbit
- OneWeb SL0702 · NORAD 61608 · in orbit
- OneWeb SL0704 · NORAD 61609 · in orbit
- OneWeb SL0705 · NORAD 61610 · in orbit
- OneWeb SL0706 · NORAD 61611 · in orbit
- OneWeb SL0707 · NORAD 61612 · in orbit
- OneWeb SL0708 · NORAD 61613 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
A batch of 20 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 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
162nd launch from Space Launch Complex 4E, 34th this year · 774th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Oct 19, 10:13 PM PDT, at night
303 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
4 days 20 hours after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
All satellites now in contact.
Show 9 earlier updates
All 20 satellites deployed.
hitura-nobad · 10/20/2024 · source
Liftoff
hitura-nobad · 10/20/2024 · source
Unofficial Webcast by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
LL2 · 10/20/2024 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/19/2024 · source
Targeting October 20 UTC per NOTAMs B0863/24.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/15/2024 · source
No longer scheduled for NET October 9.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/8/2024 · source
Tweaked launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin · 10/2/2024 · source
Delayed to October 9.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/30/2024 · source
NET October 1 UTC.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/29/2024 · source
Questions
When did OneWeb 20 launch?
OneWeb 20 launched on October 20, 2024 at 05:13 UTC. The launch window ran from 05:09 to 05:48 UTC.
Where can I watch OneWeb 20?
Coverage: SpaceX OneWeb 20; SpaceX - Falcon 9 - One Web #20 - SLC-4E - Vandenberg Space Force Base - October 19, 2024; Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches OneWeb satellites from Vandenberg, California. Watch the replay
What rocket launched OneWeb 20?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did OneWeb 20 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA. Liftoff was Oct 19, 10:13 PM PDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1082 flew for the 7th time and landed at Landing Zone 4.
What orbit did OneWeb 20 reach?
The tracked orbit of OneWeb SL0015, one of 20 catalogued objects, from October 24, 2024, was 598 × 603 km inclined 86.5°.
How many satellites did OneWeb 20 launch?
20 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 20 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is OneWeb 20 part of?
OneWeb. About OneWeb