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SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 4Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Zuma
Launched
January 8, 2018
Summary
Zuma launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 4 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on January 8, 2018. It was SpaceX's 53rd launch, 1st this year and humanity's 5,707th orbital launch attempt. It was the 5th Falcon 9 Block 4 flight and the 1st this year. Booster B1043 flew for the 1st time and landed at Landing Zone 1. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). One object from this launch is catalogued.
- Watch
- ZUMA MissionSpaceX
- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 4 · SpaceX
- Booster
- B1043 · flight 1 · Return to Launch Site at Landing Zone 1 · landed53/54 landed here · 9 km downrange
- Mission
- Government/Top Secret · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 5th Falcon 9 Block 4 flight · 1st this yearSpaceX's 53rd launch1st this yearhumanity's 5,707th orbital launch attempt1st orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Catalogued objects
1 catalogued: 1 payload; none still in orbit
- USA 280 · NORAD 43098 · re-entered January 8, 2018
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Unknown payload built by Northrop Grumman for an undisclosed customer, most likely a government organisation.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
84th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 1st this year · 762nd from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
23 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did Zuma launch?
Zuma launched on January 8, 2018. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Zuma?
Coverage: ZUMA Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Zuma?
Falcon 9 Block 4, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 4 spec sheet
Where did Zuma launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1043 flew for the 1st time and landed at Landing Zone 1.
What orbit was Zuma going to?
Low Earth Orbit (LEO), a government/top secret mission.
How many satellites did Zuma launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).