Success
Euclid
Astrophysics
SpaceX(SpX)CommercialFalcon 9 Block 5
L2orbit
European Space Agency telescope designed to explore the evolution of the dark Universe. It will make a 3D-map of the Universe (with time as the third dimension) by observing billions of galaxies out to 10 billion light-years, across more than a third of the sky.
Saturday, July 1, 2023 at 3:12 PM
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Mission details
Orbital Attempt
#6,466
SpX Mission
#258
Pad Launch
#187
Location Launch
#894
Designator
2023-092
Weather GO
90%
Weather Concerns
Cumulus Cloud Rule
Launch Window
NET
Jul 1, 2023, 3:12 PM
Precision
Second
Schedule Changes
1 update
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
- Jul 1, 2023, 4:01 PM
Successful launch of the European Space Agency's Euclid telescope towards the Sun-Earth Lagrange point L2.
Source - Jul 1, 2023, 3:12 PM
Liftoff
Source - Jul 1, 2023, 2:51 PM
Livestream has started
Source - Jul 1, 2023, 9:42 AM
Tweaked T-0.
Source - Jun 29, 2023, 6:21 AM
Weather 90%
Source - Jun 24, 2023, 6:28 AM
GO for launch.
Source - Jun 14, 2023, 6:22 AM
Updating T-0
Source - Jun 6, 2023, 8:11 AM
Adding T-0
Source - Feb 20, 2023, 1:54 PM
NET July
Source - Jan 9, 2023, 8:25 AM
Q3 2023
Source - Oct 20, 2022, 12:18 PM
Updating launch vehicle to Falcon 9 for a launch in 2023.
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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
Jul 1, 2023, 11:12 AM
Total Launches
1,109
Total Landings
75
Coordinates
28.4889, -80.5778