WorldView Legion 5 & 6

Name: SpaceX WorldView Legion 5 & 6 Falcon 9 rocket launch
Start: 2025-02-04T23:13:00+00:00
End: 2025-02-05T00:07:00+00:00
Location: Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Falcon 9 Block 5

SpaceX

Launch Status

Success

Tue • Feb 4th, 2025
11:13 PM UTC

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Weather Forecast During Launch

According to weather officials, there's a 99% chance of favorable weather conditions at the time of the launch. Officials are monitoring weather conditions with concerns related to None. The forecast calls for a temperature of 72°F, broken clouds, 75% cloud cover and a wind speed of 6mph.

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	Stage 1 LOX Load Start of liquid oxygen loading in the first stage
T- 00 : 35 : 00	Prop Load Start of propelland loading
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	Startup The onboard computer takes control over the countdown and runs last checks
T- 00 : 01 : 00	Tank Press Fuel tanks are pressurized to flight levels
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 : 11	Max-Q Maximum dynamic pressure
T+ 00 : 02 : 13	MECO Cut-off of the main engine
T+ 00 : 02 : 16	Stage 2 Separation Separation of the second stage from the first
T+ 00 : 02 : 20	Stage 1 Flip Flip maneuver of the first stage
T+ 00 : 02 : 24	SES-1 First start of the second engine
T+ 00 : 02 : 29	Booster Boostback Burn Startup Start of the booster boostback burn
T+ 00 : 03 : 06	Fairing Separation Separation of the payload fairing
T+ 00 : 03 : 26	Booster Boostback Burn Shutdown End of the booster boostback burn
T+ 00 : 06 : 00	Entry Burn Startup Start of the atmospheric entry burn
T+ 00 : 06 : 18	Entry Burn Shutdown End of the atmospheric entry burn
T+ 00 : 07 : 15	Stage 1 Landing Burn Start of the first stage landing burn
T+ 00 : 07 : 46	Stage 1 Landing Landing of the first stage
T+ 00 : 08 : 06	SECO-1 First cut-off of the second engine
T+ 00 : 43 : 14	SES-2 Second start of the second engine
T+ 00 : 43 : 18	SECO-2 Second cut-off of the second engine
T+ 00 : 47 : 18	Payload Separation Final deployment of the payload from the rocket
T+ 01 : 07 : 43	SES-3 Third start of the second engine
T+ 01 : 07 : 49	SECO-3 Third cut-off of the second engine
T+ 01 : 42 : 48	SES-4 Fourth start of the second engine
T+ 01 : 42 : 53	SECO-4 Fourth cut-off of the second engine
T+ 01 : 49 : 53	Payload Separation Final deployment of the payload from the rocket

Mission

WorldView Legion 5 & 6

Type: Earth Science
Orbit: Low Earth Orbit
Launch Cost: $52,000,000

WorldView Legion is a constellation of Earth observation satellites built and operated by Maxar. Constellation is planned to consist of 6 satellites in both polar and mid-inclination orbits, providing 30 cm-class resolution.

Location

Launch Complex 39A

Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

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Launch Complex 39A has witnessed the launch of 207 rockets, including 206 orbital launch attempts. While Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA, has been the site for 265 rocket launches.

The John F. Kennedy Space Center, located on Merritt Island, Florida, is one of NASA's ten field centers. Since 1968, KSC has been NASA's primary launch center of American spaceflight, research, and technology. Launch operations for the Apollo, Skylab and Space Shuttle programs were carried out from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39 and managed by KSC. Located on the east coast of Florida, KSC is adjacent to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS).

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.

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Landing

Core B1086

The Falcon 9 booster B1086 has landed back at the launch site after its 4th flight. Booster B1086 last launched 03/03/2025 and has seen 5 successful launches and landings. Falcon 9 booster that started out as a Falcon Heavy side booster flown during the GOES-U mission.

Written off on 3 March 2025 after safely landing aboard JRTI due to post-landing aft end fire damaging one of the landing legs and tipping it overboard.

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 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

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.