Orbcomm OG2 Mission 2Falcon 9 Full Thrust SpaceX Launch Status Success Mon · Dec 21st, 2015 8:29 PM - 8:34 PM EST Watch Online https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5bTbVbe4e4 Mission Orbcomm OG2 Mission 2 Type: Communications 11 next generation Orbcomm-2 F satellites will be launched into Low Earth Orbit to enhance Orbcomm’s existing M2M network. The satellites will feature larger message and better performance, as well as providing better global coverage. Each of the new second generation satellites will be equivalent to 6 first generation craft. Location Space Launch Complex 40 Cape Canaveral, FL, USA 209 launches have been at this location. Rocket Falcon 9 Full Thrust Length: 71 meters Diameter: 3.65 meters First Launched: December 22, 2015 The Full Thrust variants first stage includes all systems necessary for an operational re-use of stages while the second stage is operated as an expendable rocket stage. The Falcon 9 Full Thrust rocket has been launched a total of 25 times with 24 successful and 1 failed launches. Landing First successful landing of a Falcon 9 first stage when it touched down at LZ-1. Landing Zone 1 – LZ-1 LZ-1 Pad located at Cape Canaveral Air 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 Type: Commercial Abbreviation: SpX Administration: CEO: Elon Musk Founded: 2002 Launchers: Falcon 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 has many pads, on the East Coast of the US they own SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral and LC-39A at the Kennedy Space Center for their lower inclination launches. They also own SLC-4E at Vandenberg, California for their high inclination launches. Another site is also being developed at Boca Chica, Texas. View Rocket Launch Schedule