DSCOVR
Falcon 9
SpaceX
Mission
DSCOVR
Type: Earth Science
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Deep Space Climate Observatory for the U.S Air Force, NOAA and NASA. DSCOVR will be positioned at the L1 libration point to monitor space weather and Earth’s climate.
Trajectory
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Location
Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
880 rockets have launched from Cape Canaveral, FL, USA.

Rocket
Falcon 9 v1.1 – SpaceX
- Family: Falcon
- Length: 68.4 m
- Diameter: 3.65 m
- Launch Mass: 506 T
- Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 13150 kg
The Falcon 9 v1.1 was manufactured by SpaceX with the first launch on 2013-09-29. Falcon 9 v1.1 has 14 successful launches and 1 failed launches with a total of 15 launches. Falcon 9 v1.1 is a significantly redesigned version of the its predecessor, including a higher payload capacity. This version arranges the engines in a structural form SpaceX calls an Octaweb.
Landing
Controlled water-landing, no recovery
Atlantic – ATL
The Atlantic ocean on the East coast of the United States is a common landing area for expended boosters.
Ocean – Ocean
Typically indicates a landing in which the booster is not recovered.
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.