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SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Transporter 8 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)
Launched
June 12, 2023 · 21:35 UTC
Summary
Transporter 8 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on June 12, 2023 at 21:35 UTC. The launch window ran from 21:19 to 22:16 UTC. It was SpaceX's 254th launch, 41st this year and humanity's 6,458th orbital launch attempt. It was the 176th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 38th this year. Booster B1071 flew for the 9th time and landed at Landing Zone 4. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). The tracked orbit of Outpost Mission 1, one of 73 catalogued objects, from July 6, 2023, was 522 × 539 km inclined 97.5°. 73 objects from this launch are catalogued, 72 of them payloads.
- Watch
- Transporter-8 MissionSpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceX
- Booster
- B1071 · flight 9 · Return to Launch Site at Landing Zone 4 · landed35/35 landed here · 87 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 2-8
- Mission
- Dedicated Rideshare · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
- Milestone
- 176th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 38th this yearSpaceX's 254th launch41st this yearhumanity's 6,458th orbital launch attempt90th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Outpost Mission 1 · NORAD 56226 · 2023-084 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 73 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2023-054BA
- Epoch
- 2023-07-06 14:33:16 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.14072386 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0012223
- Inclination
- 97.5136°
- Ascending node
- 303.8782°
- Arg. of perigee
- 132.2481°
- Mean anomaly
- 227.9789°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 359
- B*
- 0.00037882
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: SSO.
Catalogued objects
73 catalogued: 72 payloads, 1 debris; 17 still in orbit
- Outpost Mission 1 · NORAD 56226 · re-entered June 29, 2026
- Skykraft 3B · NORAD 56227 · re-entered December 3, 2024
- Skykraft 3C · NORAD 56228 · re-entered February 21, 2025
- Skykraft 3 Carrier · NORAD 56229 · re-entered December 14, 2025
- Istanbul · NORAD 56230 · re-entered April 1, 2024
- FEROX 3 · NORAD 56932 · re-entered May 2, 2024
- Otter Pup · NORAD 56933 · re-entered May 1, 2025
- GEI-SAT Precursor · NORAD 56934 · in orbit
- FEROX 4 · NORAD 56935 · re-entered May 17, 2024
- FEROX 1 · NORAD 56936 · re-entered May 30, 2024
- EIVE · NORAD 56937 · re-entered April 15, 2025
- FEROX 2 · NORAD 56938 · re-entered May 30, 2024
Show 60 more payloads
- Layan-23 · NORAD 56939 · re-entered October 24, 2025
- MISR-B-2 · NORAD 56940 · re-entered October 8, 2024
- XVI · NORAD 56942 · re-entered January 7, 2026
- Carolyn Shoemaker · NORAD 56943 · re-entered September 15, 2026
- Cecilia Payne-Gaposhkin · NORAD 56944 · in orbit
- Gregoire · NORAD 56946 · in orbit
- ICEYE-X30 · NORAD 56947 · re-entered May 23, 2026
- ICEYE-X23 · NORAD 56949 · re-entered December 28, 2025
- Blackjack Aces-3 · NORAD 56950 · in orbit
- AMATERU-III · NORAD 56951 · re-entered November 17, 2024
- Blackjack Aces-4 · NORAD 56952 · re-entered January 30, 2026
- Runner-1 · NORAD 56953 · in orbit
- HOTSAT-1 · NORAD 56954 · in orbit
- Blackjack Aces-2 · NORAD 56955 · in orbit
- Blackjack Aces-1 · NORAD 56956 · in orbit
- ION SCV011 SAVVY SIMON · NORAD 56957 · in orbit
- GHOST-3 · NORAD 56958 · in orbit
- W-1 · NORAD 56959 · re-entered February 21, 2024
- Orbiter SN3 · NORAD 56960 · in orbit
- ICEYE-X26 · NORAD 56961 · re-entered June 2, 2026
- Tomorrow-R2 · NORAD 56962 · re-entered June 27, 2026
- ICEYE-X25 · NORAD 56963 · in orbit
- ABA First Runner · NORAD 56964 · in orbit
- DROID.001 · NORAD 56965 · re-entered February 28, 2026
- Maria Wonenburger · NORAD 56966 · in orbit
- MuSat-1 · NORAD 56967 · re-entered December 11, 2024
- Rose Dieng-Kuntz · NORAD 56968 · re-entered May 20, 2026
- SpaceBEE-179 · NORAD 56969 · re-entered November 22, 2024
- Lemur-2 Embrionovis · NORAD 56970 · in orbit
- MISR-A-1 · NORAD 56971 · re-entered October 2, 2024
- SpaceBEE-177 · NORAD 56972 · re-entered November 6, 2024
- SpaceBEE-178 · NORAD 56973 · re-entered November 16, 2024
- Lemur-2 Naziyah · NORAD 56974 · re-entered December 17, 2024
- SpaceBEE-176 · NORAD 56975 · re-entered November 16, 2024
- SpaceBEE-174 · NORAD 56976 · re-entered November 13, 2024
- Lemur-2 Aadam-Aliyah · NORAD 56977 · re-entered December 17, 2024
- SpaceBEE-173 · NORAD 56978 · re-entered November 13, 2024
- SpaceBEE-172 · NORAD 56979 · re-entered November 8, 2024
- SpaceBEE-171 · NORAD 56980 · re-entered November 13, 2024
- Skykraft 3A · NORAD 56981 · re-entered December 15, 2024
- SpaceBEE-169 · NORAD 56982 · re-entered November 5, 2024
- SpaceBEE-170 · NORAD 56983 · re-entered November 14, 2024
- SpaceBEE-168 · NORAD 56984 · re-entered October 7, 2024
- SpaceBEE-175 · NORAD 56985 · re-entered November 8, 2024
- Ayris-2 · NORAD 56986 · re-entered May 13, 2025
- AII-Delta · NORAD 56987 · re-entered January 28, 2025
- Ayris-1 · NORAD 56988 · re-entered May 13, 2025
- ELO-4 · NORAD 56990 · re-entered January 25, 2025
- Spei Satelles · NORAD 56991 · re-entered April 8, 2025
- Antonio de Nebrija · NORAD 56992 · re-entered February 21, 2025
- MRC-100 · NORAD 56993 · re-entered January 7, 2025
- EPIC Hyper-2 · NORAD 56995 · in orbit
- Kelpie-2 · NORAD 56996 · in orbit
- Skykraft 3D · NORAD 57956 · re-entered August 20, 2026
- SATLLA-2I · re-entered July 12, 2025
- MDQSAT-1D · re-entered January 28, 2025
- MDQSAT-1C · re-entered November 13, 2024
- ROM-2 · re-entered November 6, 2024
- Pleiades Squared · re-entered August 29, 2024
- Unicorn-2I · re-entered November 5, 2024
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Transporter 8 mission is a dedicated rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with 72 small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
112th launch from Space Launch Complex 4E, 12th this year · 721st from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Jun 12, 2:35 PM PDT, in daylight
303 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
12 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
All payloads deployed successfully
Show 9 earlier updates
Liftoff of Falcon 9 carrying 72 payloads
Jay · 6/12/2023 · source
Livestream has started
LL2 · 6/12/2023 · source
Correcting T-0
Jay · 6/12/2023 · source
Updating T-0
Jay · 6/12/2023 · source
Refined T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 6/12/2023 · source
GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin · 6/9/2023 · source
Added launch window.
Cosmic_Penguin · 6/8/2023 · source
NET June 12.
Cosmic_Penguin · 6/4/2023 · source
Targeting June 8
Nosu · 5/11/2023 · source
Questions
When did Transporter 8 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) launch?
Transporter 8 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) launched on June 12, 2023 at 21:35 UTC. The launch window ran from 21:19 to 22:16 UTC.
Where can I watch Transporter 8 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)?
Coverage: Transporter-8 Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Transporter 8 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Transporter 8 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA. Liftoff was Jun 12, 2:35 PM PDT local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1071 flew for the 9th time and landed at Landing Zone 4.
What orbit did Transporter 8 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) reach?
The tracked orbit of Outpost Mission 1, one of 73 catalogued objects, from July 6, 2023, was 522 × 539 km inclined 97.5°.
How many satellites did Transporter 8 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) launch?
72 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 17 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).