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Transporter 7 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)

Falcon 9 Block 5

SpaceX

Launch Status
Success

Mission

Transporter 7 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)

Type: Dedicated Rideshare
Launch Cost: $52,000,000

Transporter 7 mission is a dedicated rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.

Trajectory

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Mission patch for Transporter 7 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)

Location

Space Launch Complex 4E

Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

719 rockets have launched from Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA.

Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Rocket

Falcon 9 Block 5 – SpaceX

  • Family: Falcon
  • Length: 70 m
  • Diameter: 3.65 m
  • Launch Mass: 549 T
  • Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 22800 kg

The Falcon 9 Block 5 was manufactured by SpaceX with the first launch on 2018-05-11. Falcon 9 Block 5 has 171 successful launches and 0 failed launches with a total of 171 launches. 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.

Core Landing

B1063 has successfully landed back at the launch site after its tenth flight.

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 – 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.

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Ken & Judy O
Ken & Judy O'Neill
1 month ago

Happy launch folks.

Dave
Dave
Reply to  Ken & Judy O'Neill
1 month ago

Still waiting for it to happen…

Kathryn
Kathryn
1 month ago

From AK; I hope all goes well
I hope I can stay awake for this launch 💥

Sheri Plott
Sheri Plott
1 month ago

I’m just south of Bakersfield with a front row view of all the awesomeness. 😀

Harry Potter
Harry Potter
1 month ago

Good luck!

Ken & Judy
Ken & Judy
Reply to  Harry Potter
1 month ago

NICE ONE HARRY.!…….

Aaron Gosnell
Aaron Gosnell
1 month ago

I live in Goleta.I Plan to Watch the Launch.I don’t know whether I’ll watch it on TV or step outside to watch.

Heebie jeebie
Heebie jeebie
1 month ago

Woooooooo!

Marz33
Marz33
1 month ago

I’m 😊 for all you guys keep up the good work

Ella
Ella
1 month ago

Just saw it from LA, a bit further away but it was still incredible!

Jeff Adams
Jeff Adams
1 month ago

I’m in Visalia California and myself and my kids saw it about 1 minute after launch. It was pretty cool to see about 11:48pm