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SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Transporter 10 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)
Launched
March 4, 2024 · 22:05 UTC
Summary
Transporter 10 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on March 4, 2024 at 22:05 UTC. It was SpaceX's 332nd launch, 21st this year and humanity's 6,632nd orbital launch attempt. It was the 250th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 21st this year. Booster B1081 flew for the 5th time and landed at Landing Zone 4. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). The tracked orbit of HORACIO, one of 51 catalogued objects, from March 13, 2024, was 595 × 611 km inclined 97.8°. 51 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceX
- Booster
- B1081 · flight 5 · Return to Launch Site at Landing Zone 4 · landed35/35 landed here · 25 days after its previous flight, PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem)
- Mission
- Dedicated Rideshare · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 250th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 21st this yearSpaceX's 332nd launch21st this yearhumanity's 6,632nd orbital launch attempt43rd orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
HORACIO · NORAD 59098 · 2024-043 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 51 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2024-043A
- Epoch
- 2024-03-13 13:16:11 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.90703486 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0011343
- Inclination
- 97.7527°
- Ascending node
- 198.5451°
- Arg. of perigee
- 249.7008°
- Mean anomaly
- 110.2991°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 129
- B*
- 0.00037192
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: SSO.
Flight timeline
- T−38MGO for Prop Load
- T−35MStage 1 LOX Load
- T−35MProp Load
- T−16MStage 2 LOX Load
- T−7MEngine Chill
- T−1MStartup
- T−1MTank Press
- T−45SGO for Launch
- T−3SIgnition
- T−0Liftoff
- T+1M10SMax-Q
- T+2M20SMECO
- T+2M23SStage 2 Separation
- T+2M31SSES-1
- T+2M36SBooster Boostback Burn Startup
- T+3M2SFairing Separation
- T+3M31SBooster Boostback Burn Shutdown
- T+6M8SEntry Burn Startup
- T+6M20SEntry Burn Shutdown
- T+7M14SStage 1 Landing Burn
- T+7M32SStage 1 Landing
- T+8M17SSECO
- T+50M12SSES-2
- T+50M16SSECO-2
- T+53M44SPayload Deployment Sequence Start
- T+1H44M26SSES-3
- T+1H44M27SSECO-3
- T+2H25M51SSEB-4
- T+2H33M1SPayload Deployment Sequence End
Catalogued objects
51 catalogued: 51 payloads; 34 still in orbit
- HORACIO · NORAD 59098 · in orbit
- MuSat-2 · NORAD 59099 · in orbit
- ICEYE-X38 · NORAD 59100 · in orbit
- MethaneSat · NORAD 59101 · in orbit
- ICEYE-X37 · NORAD 59102 · in orbit
- ICEYE-X36 · NORAD 59103 · in orbit
- Pony Express-2 SV2 · NORAD 59104 · in orbit
- Pony Express-2 SV1 · NORAD 59105 · in orbit
- RROCI-2 · NORAD 59106 · in orbit
- BRO-13 · NORAD 59107 · in orbit
- BRO-12 · NORAD 59108 · in orbit
- IRIS-F1 · NORAD 59110 · re-entered November 18, 2025
Show 39 more payloads
- SONATE-2 · NORAD 59112 · in orbit
- Lemur-2 CharlieRose · NORAD 59115 · re-entered December 14, 2024
- Lemur-2 Feldhus · NORAD 59116 · re-entered December 17, 2024
- OREUM · NORAD 59117 · in orbit
- Lace A · NORAD 59118 · re-entered May 22, 2025
- Lace B · NORAD 59119 · re-entered June 4, 2025
- TIGER-8 · NORAD 59120 · in orbit
- Lynk Tower 5 · NORAD 59121 · in orbit
- Maria Mitchell · NORAD 59122 · in orbit
- Lynk Tower 6 · NORAD 59123 · in orbit
- VSP Rose · NORAD 59124 · in orbit
- YAM-6 · NORAD 59126 · in orbit
- Jackal X-1L-001 · NORAD 59127 · in orbit
- Aries 1 · NORAD 59129 · in orbit
- GHOST-5 · NORAD 59130 · in orbit
- MESON-1 · NORAD 59131 · in orbit
- LizzieSat-1 · NORAD 59132 · in orbit
- GHOST-4 · NORAD 59133 · in orbit
- Jackal X-1L-002 · NORAD 59134 · in orbit
- Fifi · NORAD 59135 · in orbit
- Riri · NORAD 59136 · in orbit
- Loulou · NORAD 59137 · in orbit
- Sentry · NORAD 59140 · re-entered March 25, 2026
- TIGER-7 · NORAD 59141 · in orbit
- AEROS/MH-1 · NORAD 59145 · re-entered April 15, 2025
- Lemur-2 JohnnyTruong · NORAD 59146 · in orbit
- Lemur-2 Rocinante · NORAD 59147 · re-entered January 26, 2026
- Hammer · NORAD 59148 · in orbit
- PY4 SV3 · re-entered December 24, 2024
- ONDOSAT-OWL-1 · re-entered December 28, 2025
- ONDOSAT-OWL-2 · re-entered December 24, 2025
- PYXIS · re-entered October 13, 2025
- OrbAstro-TR2 · in orbit
- Optimus-2 · in orbit
- PY4 SV2 · re-entered January 3, 2025
- PY4 SV1 · re-entered January 3, 2025
- Veery-0E · re-entered June 12, 2026
- M3 · re-entered April 2, 2025
- PY4 SV4 · re-entered December 24, 2024
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Transporter 10 mission is a dedicated rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers. There will be 53 payloads on this flight, including CubeSats, MicroSats, and a hosted payload.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
136th launch from Space Launch Complex 4E, 8th this year · 747th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Mar 4, 2:05 PM PST, in daylight
303 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
10 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success, all payloads have been deployed.
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff
SwGustav · 3/4/2024 · source
Updating weather
SwGustav · 3/4/2024 · source
Livestream has started
LL2 · 3/4/2024 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/4/2024 · source
Updated T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/4/2024 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/3/2024 · source
Added launch window per marine navigation warnings.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/29/2024 · source
NET March 4.
Cosmic_Penguin · 2/17/2024 · source
Targeting March 1
Nosu · 2/3/2024 · source
Questions
When did Transporter 10 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) launch?
Transporter 10 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) launched on March 4, 2024 at 22:05 UTC.
Where can I watch Transporter 10 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)?
Coverage: SpaceX Transporter 10 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare); Blastoff! SpaceX Falcon 9 launches Transporter-10 rideshare mission - Full Broadcast; Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 53 payloads from California. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Transporter 10 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Transporter 10 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA. Liftoff was Mar 4, 2:05 PM PST local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1081 flew for the 5th time and landed at Landing Zone 4.
What orbit did Transporter 10 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) reach?
The tracked orbit of HORACIO, one of 51 catalogued objects, from March 13, 2024, was 595 × 611 km inclined 97.8°.
How many satellites did Transporter 10 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) launch?
51 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 34 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).