Success
USSF-124
Government/Top Secret
SpaceX(SpX)CommercialFalcon 9 Block 5
LEOorbit
2 satellites, one by L3Harris and the other by Northrop Grumman, will be launched as the Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS) mission for the US Missile Defense Agency. These satellites have improved sensitivity to detect and track hypersonic missiles with fainter signatures. 4 SDA Tranche 0 Tracking Layer missile warning satellites by L3Harris will also be on board.
Wednesday, February 14, 2024 at 10:30 PM
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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+01:12Max-Q
- T+02:16MECO
- T+02:19Stage 2 Separation
- T+02:27SES-1
- T+02:32Booster Boostback Burn Startup
- T+03:08Fairing Separation
- T+03:26Booster Boostback Burn Shutdown
- T+06:16Entry Burn Startup
- T+06:34Entry Burn Shutdown
- T+07:32Stage 1 Landing Burn
- T+08:01Stage 1 Landing
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Mission details
Orbital Attempt
#6,617
SpX Mission
#324
Pad Launch
#224
Location Launch
#934
Designator
2024-028
Weather GO
98%
Weather Concerns
Thick Cloud Layers Rule
Launch Window
NET
Feb 14, 2024, 10:30 PM
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
- Feb 15, 2024, 3:14 AM
Launch success.
Source - Feb 14, 2024, 10:30 PM
Liftoff.
Source - Feb 14, 2024, 9:31 PM
Livestream has started
Source - Feb 14, 2024, 1:41 AM
GO for launch.
Source - Feb 13, 2024, 3:52 PM
Weather > 95% GO
Source - Feb 9, 2024, 4:04 PM
Tweaked T-0 via launch site NOTAMs.
Source - Feb 8, 2024, 11:40 PM
Added launch window.
Source - Feb 8, 2024, 7:51 PM
Reportedly targeting February 14
Source - Feb 1, 2024, 3:08 PM
Targeting February
Source - Dec 9, 2023, 6:41 PM
NET early 2024.
Source - Nov 23, 2023, 6:03 PM
No longer listed as launching in December 2023.
Source - Oct 27, 2023, 11:35 PM
NET mid-December 2023.
Source - Sep 22, 2023, 2:42 AM
NET November 2023.
Source - Sep 18, 2023, 6:32 PM
Targeting October
Source - Sep 11, 2023, 5:41 PM
NET November 2023.
Source - Aug 20, 2023, 7:16 PM
NET September 29
Source - May 27, 2022, 10:19 AM
Adding launch
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
Feb 14, 2024, 5:30 PM
Total Launches
1,109
Total Landings
75
Coordinates
28.4889, -80.5778