Success
Thuraya 4-NGS
Communications
SpaceX(SpX)CommercialFalcon 9 Block 5
GTOorbit
Thuraya 4-NGS is a communication satellite being built by Airbus Defense and Space for the UAE based Yahsat. Based on the all-electric Airbus Eurostar-Neo Platform, Thuraya 4-NGS will incorporate a large 12-meter L-band antenna and a payload with on-board processing providing advanced routing flexibility of up to 3200 channels with dynamic power allocation over a large number of spot beams.
Saturday, January 4, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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Flight Timeline
- T-38:00GO for Prop Load
- T-35:00Stage 1 LOX Load
- T-35:00Prop Load
- T-16:00Stage 2 LOX Load
- T-07:00Engine Chill
- T-01:00Startup
- T-01:00Tank Press
- T-00:45GO for Launch
- T-00:03Ignition
- T+00:00Liftoff
- T+01:13Max-Q
- T+02:27MECO
- T+02:30Stage 2 Separation
- T+02:38SES-1
- T+03:16Fairing Separation
- T+06:24Entry Burn Startup
- T+06:50Entry Burn Shutdown
- T+08:02SECO-1
- T+08:14Stage 1 Landing Burn
- T+08:39Stage 1 Landing
- T+28:06SES-2
- T+29:02SECO-2
- T+35:28Payload Separation
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Mission details
Orbital Attempt
#6,850
SpX Mission
#450
Pad Launch
#281
Location Launch
#995
Designator
2025-001
Weather GO
95%
Weather Concerns
Liftoff Winds
Launch Window
NET
Jan 4, 2025, 1:27 AM
Precision
Minute
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
- Jan 4, 2025, 5:26 AM
Launch success.
Source - Jan 4, 2025, 2:03 AM
Spacecraft separation.
Source - Jan 4, 2025, 1:27 AM
Liftoff.
Source - Jan 4, 2025, 1:10 AM
Unofficial Webcast by SPACE AFFAIRS has started
Source - Jan 2, 2025, 7:27 PM
GO for launch.
Source - Jan 2, 2025, 3:23 PM
Updating launch weather.
Source - Jan 2, 2025, 3:19 PM
NET January 4 UTC.
Source - Jan 1, 2025, 1:14 PM
Delayed to NET January 3 UTC.
Source - Dec 31, 2024, 3:31 PM
Weather is >95% GO.
Source - Dec 28, 2024, 3:54 PM
Tweaked launch window.
Source - Dec 23, 2024, 4:02 PM
Delayed to NET January 2.
Source - Dec 17, 2024, 3:38 PM
NET December 27.
Source - Dec 17, 2024, 12:07 AM
NET December 23 UTC.
Source - Dec 11, 2024, 6:09 PM
NET December 21 UTC (launch window per https://www.cadenaois.org/vpublic_anspdetail.jsp?view=15#).
Source - Dec 10, 2024, 3:40 AM
Targeting NET December 18 UTC.
Source - Oct 2, 2024, 2:56 AM
NET November.
Source - Mar 5, 2024, 12:32 PM
NET 2H 2024
Source - Jul 3, 2023, 7:35 PM
NET H1 2024
Source - Nov 7, 2022, 8:44 AM
NET 2024
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
Jan 3, 2025, 8:27 PM
Total Launches
1,109
Total Landings
75
Coordinates
28.4889, -80.5778