Success
BADR-8
Communications
SpaceX(SpX)CommercialFalcon 9 Block 5
GTOorbit
Geostationary communications satellite built by Airbus Defense and Space and based on the Eurostar Neo platform for Arabsat.
Saturday, May 27, 2023 at 4:30 AM
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Mission details
Orbital Attempt
#6,448
SpX Mission
#249
Pad Launch
#182
Location Launch
#888
Designator
2023-075
Weather GO
30%
Launch Window
NET
May 27, 2023, 4:30 AM
Precision
Minute
Schedule Changes
1 update
Lift Off
3:25 AM
Window Open
5:32 AM
Window Close
Falcon 9 Block 5 Specs
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.
Length
70 m
Diameter
3.65 m
Launch Mass
549 t
Thrust
7,607 kN
LEO Capacity
22,800 kg
GTO Capacity
8,300 kg
Launch Cost
$52M
Reusable
Yes
Maiden Flight
2018
Fastest Turnaround
1h 5m
Total Launches
586
Successful
585
Failed
1
Consecutive Success
288
Maiden flight: May 11, 2018
Social Flight Log
- May 27, 2023, 1:41 PM
Launch success.
Source - May 27, 2023, 4:30 AM
Liftoff.
Source - May 27, 2023, 4:12 AM
Livestream has started
Source - May 27, 2023, 2:19 AM
New T-0.
Source - May 26, 2023, 7:45 PM
Weather 30% GO
Source - May 25, 2023, 2:22 AM
Weather 40% GO.
Source - May 25, 2023, 1:47 AM
Delayed to NET May 27 due to weather.
Source - May 24, 2023, 5:34 PM
Confirmed rescheduled for May 25 UTC.
Source - May 24, 2023, 5:22 AM
Scrub due to weather, next launch attempt tomorrow.
Source - May 24, 2023, 5:19 AM
Hold.
Source - May 24, 2023, 5:05 AM
Livestream has started
Source - May 24, 2023, 4:33 AM
New T-0.
Source - May 24, 2023, 4:28 AM
New T-0.
Source - May 24, 2023, 4:11 AM
New T-0.
Source - May 24, 2023, 3:49 AM
New T-0.
Source - May 24, 2023, 3:04 AM
New T-0.
Source - May 24, 2023, 2:20 AM
NET 04:00 UTC.
Source - May 22, 2023, 8:13 PM
Setting GO. Weather 25%
Source - May 22, 2023, 6:30 AM
Weather 30%
Source - May 20, 2023, 10:14 AM
Updated launch window.
Source - May 18, 2023, 2:03 AM
Tweaked T-0.
Source - May 17, 2023, 5:34 PM
NET May 24 UTC.
Source - May 15, 2023, 11:39 PM
No longer scheduled on May 22.
Source - Apr 25, 2023, 4:08 PM
Added launch time.
Source - Apr 1, 2023, 5:50 PM
Targeting May 22
Source - Feb 20, 2023, 1:52 PM
NET May
Source - Nov 9, 2022, 10:34 AM
Adding launch NET 2023
Source
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.
Founded
2002
Administrator
CEO: Elon Musk
Total Launches
681
Successful
666
Failed
15
Pending
120
Consecutive Success
166
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) is an installation of the United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 45, located on Cape Canaveral in Brevard County, Florida.
Timezone
America/New_York
Local Launch Time
May 27, 2023, 12:30 AM
Total Launches
1,109
Total Landings
75
Coordinates
28.4889, -80.5778