SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Transporter 5 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)
Launched
May 25, 2022
Image: SpaceX
Summary
Transporter 5 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on May 25, 2022. It was SpaceX's 174th launch, 22nd this year and humanity's 6,241st orbital launch attempt. It was the 100th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 22nd this year. Booster B1061 flew for the 8th time and landed at Landing Zone 1. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). The tracked orbit of Lemur-2 TennysonLily, one of 51 catalogued objects, from June 1, 2022, was 533 × 545 km inclined 97.5°. 51 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- Falcon 9 Transporter-5The Space Devs
- Transporter-5 MissionSpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceX
- Booster
- B1061 · flight 8 · Return to Launch Site at Landing Zone 1 · landed53/54 landed here · 54 days after its previous flight, Transporter 4 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) · 9 km downrange
- Mission
- Dedicated Rideshare · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
- Milestone
- 100th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 22nd this yearSpaceX's 174th launch22nd this yearhumanity's 6,241st orbital launch attempt59th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Lemur-2 TennysonLily · NORAD 52732 · 2022-057 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 51 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2022-057A
- Epoch
- 2022-06-01 13:38:43 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.11415472 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0008488
- Inclination
- 97.5201°
- Ascending node
- 267.4943°
- Arg. of perigee
- 234.4765°
- Mean anomaly
- 125.5674°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 103
- B*
- 0.0003352
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: SSO.
Catalogued objects
51 catalogued: 51 payloads; 11 still in orbit
- Lemur-2 TennysonLily · NORAD 52732 · re-entered March 14, 2024
- Lemur-2 VanDenDries · NORAD 52733 · re-entered May 21, 2024
- PTD-3 · NORAD 52734 · re-entered September 14, 2024
- CICERO-2 OP15 FLT2 · NORAD 52735 · re-entered September 9, 2024
- Lemur-2 Karen B · NORAD 52736 · re-entered February 2, 2024
- Luca · NORAD 52737 · in orbit
- Planetum-1 · NORAD 52738 · re-entered December 3, 2024
- Connecta T1.1 · NORAD 52739 · re-entered January 8, 2026
- Sejong-1 · NORAD 52740 · re-entered July 26, 2024
- CICERO-2 OP15 FLT1 · NORAD 52741 · re-entered September 18, 2024
- Centauri 5 · NORAD 52742 · re-entered October 1, 2024
- Diako · NORAD 52744 · in orbit
Show 39 more payloads
- AMS · NORAD 52745 · re-entered October 17, 2023
- Penny · NORAD 52746 · in orbit
- Alice Lee · NORAD 52747 · re-entered March 19, 2026
- Margherita · NORAD 52748 · re-entered December 6, 2024
- Carcara I · NORAD 52749 · re-entered March 14, 2025
- FossaSat-2E 11 · NORAD 52750 · re-entered September 8, 2023
- Ruby Payne-Scott · NORAD 52752 · re-entered March 31, 2026
- Umbra-03 · NORAD 52753 · re-entered April 7, 2024
- Hawk 5C · NORAD 52754 · in orbit
- ICEYE-X24 · NORAD 52755 · re-entered December 17, 2024
- Hawk 5B · NORAD 52756 · in orbit
- Hawk 5A · NORAD 52757 · in orbit
- Carcara II · NORAD 52758 · re-entered March 8, 2025
- ICEYE-X20 · NORAD 52759 · re-entered October 17, 2025
- Vigoride VR-3 · NORAD 52760 · in orbit
- ION SCV006 THRILLING THOMAS · NORAD 52761 · in orbit
- ICEYE-X17 · NORAD 52762 · re-entered August 8, 2025
- SHERPA-AC1 · NORAD 52763 · in orbit
- Edith Clarke · NORAD 52764 · re-entered December 14, 2025
- Urdaneta-Armsat1 · NORAD 52765 · re-entered November 7, 2025
- Varisat-1C · NORAD 52766 · re-entered June 25, 2025
- CNCE V4 · NORAD 52767 · re-entered April 18, 2024
- CNCE V5 · NORAD 52768 · re-entered April 15, 2024
- Lemur-2 Mimi1307 · NORAD 52769 · re-entered May 4, 2024
- SharedSat 2141 · NORAD 52770 · re-entered September 25, 2025
- Spark-2 · NORAD 52771 · in orbit
- CPOD 1 · NORAD 52772 · re-entered June 9, 2024
- FossaSat-2E 12 · NORAD 52773 · re-entered October 31, 2023
- SBUDNIC · NORAD 52774 · re-entered August 10, 2023
- Guardian-1 · NORAD 52775 · re-entered October 19, 2025
- FossaSat-2E 13 · NORAD 52776 · re-entered February 3, 2024
- Veery FS-1 · NORAD 52777 · re-entered April 4, 2024
- FossaSat-2E 7 · NORAD 52778 · re-entered August 22, 2023
- FossaSat-2E 8 · NORAD 52779 · re-entered October 31, 2023
- CPOD 2 · NORAD 52780 · re-entered June 14, 2024
- SELFIESAT · NORAD 53951 · re-entered September 6, 2024
- BRONCOSAT-1 · re-entered November 19, 2024
- SPiN 1 · in orbit
- Foresail-1 · re-entered April 1, 2023
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Transporter 5 mission is a dedicated rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with 59 cubeSats, microsats, non-deploying hosted payloads, and orbital transfer vehicles for commercial and government customers.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
143rd launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 10th this year · 844th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
10 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
All payloads successfully deployed
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff
Nosu · 5/25/2022 · source
Webcast live
Nosu · 5/25/2022 · source
New T-0 of 18:35 UTC
Nosu · 5/25/2022 · source
On hold for approximately 30 minutes
Nosu · 5/25/2022 · source
Set GO for launch
Cosmic_Penguin · 5/25/2022 · source
Weather 80%
Nosu · 5/22/2022 · source
Updating T-0
Nosu · 5/19/2022 · source
Updating T-0
Nosu · 5/4/2022 · source
New launch date and time.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/28/2022 · source
Questions
When did Transporter 5 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) launch?
Transporter 5 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) launched on May 25, 2022. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Transporter 5 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)?
Coverage: Falcon 9 Transporter-5; Transporter-5 Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Transporter 5 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Transporter 5 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1061 flew for the 8th time and landed at Landing Zone 1.
What orbit did Transporter 5 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) reach?
The tracked orbit of Lemur-2 TennysonLily, one of 51 catalogued objects, from June 1, 2022, was 533 × 545 km inclined 97.5°.
How many satellites did Transporter 5 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) launch?
51 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 11 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).