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Transporter 10 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)

Falcon 9 Block 5

SpaceX

Launch Status
Success

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Weather Forecast During Launch

According to weather officials, there's a 90% chance of favorable weather conditions at the time of the launch.

Trajectory

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Rocket Launch Timeline

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T- 00 : 38 : 00 GO for Prop Load
Launch director verifies go for propellant load
T- 00 : 35 : 00 Prop Load
Start of propelland loading
T- 00 : 35 : 00 Stage 1 LOX Load
Start of liquid oxygen loading in the first stage
T- 00 : 16 : 00 Stage 2 LOX Load
Start of liquid oxygen loading in the second stage
T- 00 : 07 : 00 Engine Chill
Start of engine chilling
T- 00 : 01 : 00 Tank Press
Fuel tanks are pressurized to flight levels
T- 00 : 01 : 00 Startup
The onboard computer takes control over the countdown and runs last checks
T- 00 : 00 : 45 GO for Launch
Launch director verifies go for launch
T- 00 : 00 : 03 Ignition
Start of the engine ignition sequence
T+ 00 : 00 : 00 Liftoff
First upwards movement of the rocket
T+ 00 : 01 : 10 Max-Q
Maximum dynamic pressure
T+ 00 : 02 : 20 MECO
Cut-off of the main engine
T+ 00 : 02 : 23 Stage 2 Separation
Separation of the second stage from the first
T+ 00 : 02 : 31 SES-1
First start of the second engine
T+ 00 : 02 : 36 Booster Boostback Burn Startup
Start of the booster boostback burn
T+ 00 : 03 : 02 Fairing Separation
Separation of the payload fairing
T+ 00 : 03 : 31 Booster Boostback Burn Shutdown
End of the booster boostback burn
T+ 00 : 06 : 08 Entry Burn Startup
Start of the atmospheric entry burn
T+ 00 : 06 : 20 Entry Burn Shutdown
End of the atmospheric entry burn
T+ 00 : 07 : 14 Stage 1 Landing Burn
Start of the first stage landing burn
T+ 00 : 07 : 32 Stage 1 Landing
Landing of the first stage
T+ 00 : 08 : 17 SECO
Cut-off of the second engine
T+ 00 : 50 : 12 SES-2
Second start of the second engine
T+ 00 : 50 : 16 SECO-2
Second cut-off of the second engine
T+ 00 : 53 : 44 Payload Deployment Sequence Start
Start of the payload deployment sequence
T+ 01 : 44 : 26 SES-3
Third start of the second engine
T+ 01 : 44 : 27 SECO-3
Third cut-off of the second engine
T+ 02 : 25 : 51 SEB-4
4th burn of the second engine
T+ 02 : 33 : 01 Payload Deployment Sequence End
End of the payload deployment sequence.

Mission

Transporter 10 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)

  • Type: Dedicated Rideshare
  • Orbit: Sun-Synchronous Orbit
  • Launch Cost: $52,000,000

Transporter 10 mission is a dedicated rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.

There will be 53 payloads on this flight, including CubeSats, MicroSats, and a hosted payload.

Location

Space Launch Complex 4E

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Find the best place to watch the launch from Vandenberg

Space Launch Complex 4E has witnessed the launch of 181 rockets, including 181 orbital launch attempts. While Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA, has been the site for 793 rocket launches.

Vandenberg Space Force Base is a United States Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County, California. Established in 1941, Vandenberg Space Force Base is a space launch base, launching spacecraft from the Western Range, and also performs missile testing. The United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 30 serves as the host delta for the base, equivalent to an Air Force air base wing. In addition to its military space launch mission, Vandenberg Space Force Base also hosts space launches for civil and commercial space entities, such as NASA and SpaceX.

Rocket

SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5

Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.

Learn more about the Falcon 9 Block 5

Landing

Core B1081

The Falcon 9 first stage B1081 has successfully landed at the launch site after its 5th flight. Booster B1081 last launched 12/05/2024 and has seen 12 successful launches and landings. Launched Crew-7 on its first flight.

A sonic boom is likely to occur a few minutes after launch as the booster returns to the launch site. Be prepared for a loud but thrilling experience! Learn more about rocket launch sonic booms

Landing Zone 4 - LZ-4

LZ at Vandenberg

Return to Launch Site - RTLS

A return to launch site usually means that after stage separation the booster flips and does a burn back towards the launch site, landing near where it initially launched from.

Agency

SpaceX

Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.

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