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SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Transporter 4 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)
Launched
April 1, 2022
Summary
Transporter 4 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on April 1, 2022. It was SpaceX's 164th launch, 12th this year and humanity's 6,216th orbital launch attempt. It was the 90th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 12th this year. Booster B1061 flew for the 7th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). The tracked orbit of Spark-1, one of 38 catalogued objects, from April 6, 2022, was 646 × 663 km inclined 97.9°. 38 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- Falcon 9 Transporter-4The Space Devs
- Transporter-4 MissionSpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceX
- Booster
- B1061 · flight 7 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Just Read the Instructions · landed156/157 landed here · 56 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 4-7 · 532 km downrange
- Mission
- Dedicated Rideshare · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
- Milestone
- 90th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 12th this yearSpaceX's 164th launch12th this yearhumanity's 6,216th orbital launch attempt34th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Spark-1 · NORAD 52157 · 2022-033 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 38 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2022-033A
- Epoch
- 2022-04-06 13:06:40 UTC
- Mean motion
- 14.74261033 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0012187
- Inclination
- 97.9486°
- Ascending node
- 179.7808°
- Arg. of perigee
- 237.763°
- Mean anomaly
- 122.2398°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 72
- B*
- 0.00022083
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: SSO.
Catalogued objects
38 catalogued: 38 payloads; 5 still in orbit
- Spark-1 · NORAD 52157 · in orbit
- GNOMES-3 · NORAD 52158 · in orbit
- ENMAP · NORAD 52159 · in orbit
- Alfa Crux · NORAD 52160 · re-entered April 5, 2024
- ARCSAT · NORAD 52161 · in orbit
- Lynk Tower 1 · NORAD 52162 · re-entered March 12, 2026
- ION SCV005 ALMIGHTY ALEXIUS · NORAD 52163 · re-entered August 6, 2024
- SpaceBEE-136 · NORAD 52164 · re-entered October 3, 2023
- Hawk 4B · NORAD 52165 · re-entered August 30, 2025
- SpaceBEE-138 · NORAD 52166 · re-entered October 4, 2023
- Hawk 4A · NORAD 52167 · re-entered August 30, 2025
- Annie Maunder · NORAD 52168 · re-entered November 1, 2024
Show 26 more payloads
- MP42 · NORAD 52169 · re-entered October 20, 2024
- Hawk 4C · NORAD 52170 · re-entered September 1, 2025
- Maria Telkes · NORAD 52171 · re-entered September 20, 2025
- Sally Ride · NORAD 52172 · re-entered August 1, 2024
- Shakuntala · NORAD 52173 · re-entered January 13, 2024
- BRO-7 · NORAD 52174 · re-entered June 28, 2025
- BDSAT · NORAD 52175 · re-entered March 7, 2024
- SpaceBEE-130 · NORAD 52176 · re-entered October 3, 2023
- SpaceBEE-139 · NORAD 52177 · re-entered October 13, 2023
- Kalpana Chawla · NORAD 52178 · re-entered January 11, 2025
- SpaceBEE-129 · NORAD 52179 · re-entered October 17, 2023
- SpaceBEE-134 · NORAD 52180 · re-entered October 17, 2023
- SpaceBEE-131 · NORAD 52181 · re-entered October 17, 2023
- SpaceBEE-128 · NORAD 52182 · re-entered October 11, 2023
- SpaceBEE-133 · NORAD 52183 · re-entered October 17, 2023
- Mary Somerville · NORAD 52184 · in orbit
- SpaceBEE-132 · NORAD 52185 · re-entered October 4, 2023
- SpaceBEE-137 · NORAD 52186 · re-entered October 17, 2023
- SpaceBEE-135 · NORAD 52187 · re-entered October 3, 2023
- PlantSat · NORAD 52188 · re-entered March 4, 2024
- KSF2-C · NORAD 52189 · re-entered August 16, 2024
- KSF2-D · NORAD 52190 · re-entered December 7, 2023
- SUCHAI-3 · NORAD 52191 · re-entered May 25, 2024
- SUCHAI-2 · NORAD 52192 · re-entered October 6, 2024
- KSF2-B · NORAD 52193 · re-entered February 14, 2024
- KSF2-A · NORAD 52194 · re-entered August 13, 2024
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Transporter 4 mission is a dedicated rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
139th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 6th this year · 839th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
13 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Questions
When did Transporter 4 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) launch?
Transporter 4 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) launched on April 1, 2022. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Transporter 4 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)?
Coverage: Falcon 9 Transporter-4; Transporter-4 Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Transporter 4 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Transporter 4 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1061 flew for the 7th time and landed at Just Read the Instructions.
What orbit did Transporter 4 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) reach?
The tracked orbit of Spark-1, one of 38 catalogued objects, from April 6, 2022, was 646 × 663 km inclined 97.9°.
How many satellites did Transporter 4 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) launch?
38 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 5 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).