Success
OneWeb 16
Communications
SpaceX(SpX)CommercialFalcon 9 Block 5
POorbit
A batch of 48 satellites for the OneWeb satellite constellation, which is intended to provide global Internet broadband service for individual consumers. The constellation is planned to have around 648 microsatellites (of which 60 are spares), around 150 kg each, operating in Ku-band from low Earth orbit.
Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at 4:50 AM
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Mission details
Orbital Attempt
#6,373
SpX Mission
#215
Pad Launch
#165
Location Launch
#870
Designator
2023-004
Weather GO
95%
Launch Window
NET
Jan 10, 2023, 4:50 AM
Precision
Second
Schedule Changes
1 update
Lift Off
4:45 AM
Window Open
5:05 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
- Jan 10, 2023, 6:29 AM
All satellites confirmed deployed, launch success
Source - Jan 10, 2023, 4:50 AM
Liftoff
Source - Jan 10, 2023, 4:37 AM
Coverage live
Source - Jan 8, 2023, 4:46 PM
Delayed by a day. Weather now >90%
Source - Jan 6, 2023, 5:20 PM
Go for launch.
Source - Jan 5, 2023, 3:32 PM
Weather 90%
Source - Jan 3, 2023, 4:44 PM
Setting TBC
Source - Dec 1, 2022, 5:52 PM
NET January 2023
Source - Jul 26, 2022, 10:33 AM
Added launch per newest info of OneWeb RTF arrangements.
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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
Jan 9, 2023, 11:50 PM
Total Launches
1,109
Total Landings
75
Coordinates
28.4889, -80.5778