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SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Transporter 9 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)
Launched
November 11, 2023 · 18:49 UTC
Summary
Transporter 9 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA on November 11, 2023 at 18:49 UTC. The launch window ran from 18:49 to 19:44 UTC. It was SpaceX's 296th launch, 83rd this year and humanity's 6,551st orbital launch attempt. It was the 216th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 78th this year. Booster B1071 flew for the 12th time and landed at Landing Zone 4. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). The tracked orbit of Connecta T3.1, one of 107 catalogued objects, from November 28, 2023, was 524 × 539 km inclined 97.5°. 107 objects from this launch are catalogued, all of them payloads.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceX
- Booster
- B1071 · flight 12 · Return to Launch Site at Landing Zone 4 · landed35/35 landed here · 60 days after its previous flight, Starlink Group 7-2
- Mission
- Dedicated Rideshare · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)for SpX
- Milestone
- 216th Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 78th this yearSpaceX's 296th launch83rd this yearhumanity's 6,551st orbital launch attempt183rd orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Simulate in Flight ClubOrbit: as tracked
Connecta T3.1 · NORAD 58256 · 2023-174 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 107 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- OBJECT A
- Object ID
- 2023-174A
- Epoch
- 2023-11-28 16:24:39 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.13840594 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0010439
- Inclination
- 97.4785°
- Ascending node
- 45.3156°
- Arg. of perigee
- 220.29°
- Mean anomaly
- 139.7559°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 316
- B*
- 0.00098753
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: SSO.
Catalogued objects
107 catalogued: 107 payloads; 38 still in orbit
- Connecta T3.1 · NORAD 58256 · re-entered November 16, 2025
- MANTIS · NORAD 58257 · re-entered October 15, 2025
- OrbAstro PC1 · NORAD 58258 · in orbit
- Juba · NORAD 58259 · in orbit
- Lemur-2 Dilightful · NORAD 58260 · re-entered May 29, 2025
- Veronika · NORAD 58261 · re-entered August 14, 2025
- PLATERO · NORAD 58262 · in orbit
- Lemur-2 Good-Vibes · NORAD 58263 · re-entered May 29, 2025
- BRO-11 · NORAD 58264 · in orbit
- PEARL-1H · NORAD 58265 · re-entered January 12, 2026
- Djibouti-1A · NORAD 58266 · re-entered September 2, 2025
- Lemur-2 Sanita-Vetra · NORAD 58267 · re-entered June 6, 2025
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- Connecta T3.2 · NORAD 58268 · re-entered September 13, 2025
- IRIS-C2 · NORAD 58269 · re-entered August 17, 2025
- Flock 4q-1 · NORAD 58270 · re-entered June 23, 2026
- Flock 4q-16 · NORAD 58271 · in orbit
- TIGER-6 · NORAD 58272 · re-entered June 4, 2026
- Flock 4q-11 · NORAD 58273 · in orbit
- Flock 4q-36 · NORAD 58274 · in orbit
- Flock 4q-12 · NORAD 58275 · re-entered July 28, 2026
- GENMAT-1 · NORAD 58276 · in orbit
- TIGER-5 · NORAD 58277 · re-entered April 21, 2026
- Flock 4q-19 · NORAD 58278 · re-entered May 31, 2025
- Flock 4q-8 · NORAD 58279 · re-entered February 25, 2025
- Flock 4q-28 · NORAD 58280 · in orbit
- Aether 1 · NORAD 58281 · re-entered June 19, 2026
- Flock 4q-27 · NORAD 58282 · in orbit
- Flock 4q-17 · NORAD 58283 · re-entered April 30, 2026
- Flock 4q-26 · NORAD 58284 · re-entered September 2, 2026
- Flock 4q-31 · NORAD 58285 · in orbit
- Flock 4q-30 · NORAD 58286 · re-entered September 24, 2026
- PICO-01B009 · NORAD 58287 · re-entered August 6, 2026
- ICEYE-X31 · NORAD 58288 · in orbit
- Falconsat-10 · NORAD 58291 · in orbit
- Umbra-08 · NORAD 58292 · re-entered December 22, 2025
- ICEYE-X32 · NORAD 58293 · re-entered April 2, 2025
- ICEYE-X34 · NORAD 58294 · re-entered September 14, 2026
- SpaceVan-001 · NORAD 58295 · in orbit
- Pelican 1 · NORAD 58296 · in orbit
- Umbra-07 · NORAD 58297 · in orbit
- SPIP · NORAD 58298 · in orbit
- Aether 2 · NORAD 58299 · in orbit
- ION SCV013 ULTIMATE HUGO · NORAD 58300 · in orbit
- LEO Express 1 · NORAD 58301 · in orbit
- ICEYE-X35 · NORAD 58302 · in orbit
- Flock 4q-25 · NORAD 58303 · re-entered June 24, 2026
- Flock 4q-29 · NORAD 58304 · in orbit
- Flock 4q-18 · NORAD 58305 · re-entered January 11, 2025
- Flock 4q-22 · NORAD 58306 · re-entered September 21, 2026
- Flock 4q-23 · NORAD 58307 · re-entered July 17, 2025
- Flock 4q-33 · NORAD 58308 · in orbit
- Flock 4q-35 · NORAD 58309 · in orbit
- Flock 4q-32 · NORAD 58310 · re-entered April 10, 2025
- Flock 4q-14 · NORAD 58311 · re-entered December 21, 2025
- Flock 4q-3 · NORAD 58312 · re-entered March 25, 2025
- Flock 4q-20 · NORAD 58313 · re-entered May 31, 2026
- Flock 4q-24 · NORAD 58314 · re-entered February 4, 2025
- Flock 4q-6 · NORAD 58315 · re-entered November 27, 2025
- Flock 4q-34 · NORAD 58316 · re-entered July 17, 2026
- KAFASAT · NORAD 58317 · re-entered April 4, 2025
- Flock 4q-7 · NORAD 58318 · in orbit
- Flock 4q-15 · NORAD 58319 · re-entered June 1, 2026
- Flock 4q-2 · NORAD 58320 · in orbit
- ProtoMethee · NORAD 58321 · in orbit
- Flock 4q-9 · NORAD 58322 · in orbit
- Observer-1A · NORAD 58323 · in orbit
- Flock 4q-10 · NORAD 58324 · re-entered May 13, 2025
- Flock 4q-5 · NORAD 58325 · re-entered April 22, 2025
- PICO-01A003 · NORAD 58326 · in orbit
- Flock 4q-4 · NORAD 58327 · in orbit
- Flock 4q-13 · NORAD 58328 · in orbit
- Flock 4q-21 · NORAD 58329 · re-entered June 21, 2026
- PICO-01G005 · NORAD 58330 · re-entered May 6, 2025
- BRO-10 · NORAD 58331 · re-entered April 25, 2026
- Lemur-2 Marapamasm · NORAD 58332 · re-entered April 8, 2025
- Lemur-2 The-Cleaner · NORAD 58333 · re-entered May 13, 2025
- Outpost Mission 2 · NORAD 58334 · in orbit
- Lemur-2 Mango 2A · NORAD 58335 · re-entered November 5, 2024
- Elliot · NORAD 58336 · in orbit
- Lemur-2 Mango 2B · NORAD 58337 · re-entered November 5, 2024
- Barry-1 · NORAD 58338 · re-entered April 12, 2025
- Platform-5 · NORAD 58339 · re-entered April 22, 2025
- Vanguard · NORAD 58340 · in orbit
- NinjaSat · NORAD 58341 · re-entered September 18, 2025
- PEARL-1C · NORAD 58342 · re-entered December 9, 2025
- PICO-01H004 · NORAD 58343 · re-entered June 26, 2024
- PICO-01C008 · NORAD 58344 · re-entered July 23, 2024
- PICO-01I002 · NORAD 58345 · re-entered June 26, 2024
- PICO-01F006 · NORAD 58563 · re-entered June 27, 2024
- PICO-01E001 · NORAD 58564 · re-entered June 25, 2024
- Intuition-1 · NORAD 58565 · re-entered March 23, 2026
- Unicorn-2J · NORAD 58566 · re-entered June 27, 2024
- HADES-D · NORAD 58567 · re-entered November 13, 2024
- Unicorn-2K · NORAD 58569 · re-entered June 26, 2024
- Time We'll Tell · NORAD 58572 · re-entered December 4, 2024
- PICO-01D007 · NORAD 58690 · re-entered December 30, 2024
- Lemur-2 NanaZ · NORAD 58697 · re-entered March 8, 2025
- EPIC Hyper-3 · NORAD 58848 · in orbit
- Ymir-1 · NORAD 58997 · in orbit
- EXO-0 · NORAD 59175 · in orbit
- Hello Test 1 · re-entered June 16, 2024
- Hello Test 2 · re-entered June 18, 2024
- Heron Mk II · re-entered December 24, 2024
- OMNI-LER1 · re-entered August 25, 2026
- SpaceANT-D · re-entered April 15, 2025
- OSW Cazorla · re-entered June 3, 2025
- Crypto3 · re-entered March 29, 2025
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Transporter 9 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 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
124th launch from Space Launch Complex 4E, 24th this year · 734th from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
Local pad time at liftoff: Nov 11, 10:49 AM PST, in daylight
303 launches from this pad · 919 from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA
13 days after the previous launch from this pad
Updates
Launch success
Show 8 earlier updates
Liftoff
Nosu · 11/11/2023 · source
Setting GO
Nosu · 11/9/2023 · source
Adding T-0
Nosu · 11/8/2023 · source
NET November 11 per marine navigation warnings.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/7/2023 · source
Delayed to NET November 9.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/4/2023 · source
Added launch window per NOTAMs.
Cosmic_Penguin · 11/2/2023 · source
Targeting November 7
Nosu · 10/22/2023 · source
NET November 2023.
Cosmic_Penguin · 9/29/2023 · source
Questions
When did Transporter 9 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) launch?
Transporter 9 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) launched on November 11, 2023 at 18:49 UTC. The launch window ran from 18:49 to 19:44 UTC.
Where can I watch Transporter 9 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)?
Coverage: SpaceX Transporter 9 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare); REPLAY! SpaceX Transporter-9 Launch; SpaceX - Falcon 9 - SLC-4E - Transporter 9 - Vandenberg Space Force Base - November 11, 2023. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Transporter 9 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did Transporter 9 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) launch from?
Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA. Liftoff was Nov 11, 10:49 AM PST local time at the pad.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1071 flew for the 12th time and landed at Landing Zone 4.
What orbit did Transporter 9 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) reach?
The tracked orbit of Connecta T3.1, one of 107 catalogued objects, from November 28, 2023, was 524 × 539 km inclined 97.5°.
How many satellites did Transporter 9 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare) launch?
107 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 38 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).