Falcon 9 Block 5 | WorldView Legion 5 & 6
Launch Successful
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Launch Window
Feb. 4, 2025, 11:07 p.m. - Feb. 5, 2025, 12:07 a.m.
Feb. 4, 2025, 11:07 p.m. - Feb. 5, 2025, 12:07 a.m.
Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket with the latest pair of Maxar Space Systems' WorldView Legion satellites. The Earth observing satellites will launch into a mid-inclination Ear...
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.
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Both satellites now in contact.
Both payloads deployed.
Liftoff.
Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
Tweaked T-0.
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.
See DetailsThe Falcon 9 booster B1086 has landed back at the launch site after its 4th flight.
Result: Successful Return to Launch Site landing at Landing Zone 1.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.
INFO WIKI
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