Transporter 5 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)
Falcon 9 Block 5
SpaceX
Mission
Transporter 5 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)
Type: Dedicated Rideshare
Launch Cost: $52,000,000
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.
Trajectory
The trajectory is unavailable. Check back for updates.
Location
Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
921 rockets have launched from Cape Canaveral, FL, USA.
Core Landing
B1061 has successfully landed back at its launch site after its eighth flight.
Landing Zone 1 – LZ-1
LZ-1 Pad located at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at the previous LC-13
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 – SpX
- Type: Commercial
- Abbreviation: SpX
- Administration: CEO: Elon Musk
- Founded: 2002
- Launchers: Falcon | Starship
- Spacecraft: Dragon
- Country: USA
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.
Rideshareing small satellites is now the future going forward.
kontrolmatik
we second that.!
I will not be able to see the launch or the return my standard poodle is not well
So my better choice is to stay home with him.
Those that are going enjoy
We did enjoy via webcam you missed a great launch but no worries there are more to come .
Hope your poodle is getting better.
what’s the trajectory? North or South?
Click the link under the mission section for the trajectory.
Fantastic launch and those Falcon 9 A1 landings are always great to see keep them coming SpaceX.!