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Maxar 2 Mission

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SpaceX

SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. The company was founded in 2002 to revolutionize space technology, with the ultimate goal of enabling people to live on other planets.

WorldView Legion 3 & 4

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Overview

Destination: Low Earth Orbit
Mission: Earth Science

Low Earth Orbit Space Launch Complex 40 Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA Probability: 80%
B1076 - Landing Zone 1

WorldView Legion is a constellation of Earth observation satellites built and operated by Maxar. Constellation is planned to consist of 6 satellites in both polar and mid-inclination orbits, providing 30 cm-class resolution.

Telemetry

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Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • Aug. 15, 2024, 4:53 p.m.

Launch success with signals acquired from satellites.


hitura-nobad • Aug. 15, 2024, 2:50 p.m.

All payloads deployed.


hitura-nobad • Aug. 15, 2024, 1 p.m.

Liftoff


LL2 • Aug. 15, 2024, 12:41 p.m.

Unofficial Re-stream by SPACE AFFAIRS has started


hitura-nobad • Aug. 14, 2024, 7:52 p.m.

GO for launch.


Falcon 9

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Configuration: Block 5

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.

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Specifications
  • Stages
    2
  • Length
    70.0 m
  • Diameter
    3.65 m
  • Fairing Diameter
    5.2 m
  • Launch Mass
    549.0 T
  • Thrust
    7607.0 kN
Family
  • Name
    Falcon 9
  • Family
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  • Variant
    Block 5
  • Alias
    ―
  • Full Name
    Falcon 9 Block 5
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
    $52000000
  • Low Earth Orbit
    22800.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    8300.0 kg
  • Direct Geostationary
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  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity
    ―

Booster Info


B1076

Status: Expended


Type: Core
Flight Proven: Yes
First Flight: November 26, 2022
Last Flight: October 24, 2025
Flights: 22
Landings Attempted: 21
Landings Successful: 21
Previous B1076 Flights

Landing Information

B1076 has landed back at the launch site after this flight.

Result: Successful Return to Launch Site landing at Landing Zone 1.

SpaceX

SpaceX

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CEO: Elon Musk Founded: 2002 Successes: 721 Failures: 15 Pending: 133

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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.

INFO WIKI
SpaceNews

SpaceX launches second pair of Maxar WorldView Legion imaging satellites

Maxar’s third and fourth WorldView Legion satellites launched into mid-inclination orbit

Spaceflight Now

SpaceX launches 2nd pair of Maxar’s WorldView Legion satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral

The mission marked the 200th Falcon 9 launch from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Liftoff happened at 9 a.m. EDT (1300 UTC).

NASASpaceflight

Launch Roundup: Progress MS-28, Indian SSLV, and Falcon 9 flights scheduled

The second full week of August is another busy one, with four flights scheduled including the final certification flight of a new launch vehicle from India. The Falcon 9 and Soyuz rockets are also scheduled to fly this week with one missio…

NASASpaceflight

Launch Roundup: SpaceX flies more customer payloads and Ariane 6 debuts

As many as four SpaceX Falcon 9 missions and the long-delayed inaugural flight of Ariane 6 make up the roster for this week’s launch schedule. The four SpaceX missions will be split evenly between Starlink and two payloads for other custom…

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Space Launch Complex 40


Falcon 9
Success
16 hours, 35 minutes ago
SDA Tranche 1 Transport Layer A
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Tranche 1 Transport Layer A is one of six missions by the United States Space Force Space Development Agency (SDA) for the Proliferated Warfighter Sp…


Long March 12
Success
1 day, 4 hours ago
SatNet LEO Group 27
Commercial LC-2 - Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China

A batch of 9 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites for the Chinese state owned SatNet constellation operated by the China Satellite Network Group.…


Nuri
Success
3 days, 20 hours ago
NeonSat-2 to 6
LC-2 - Naro Space Center, South Korea

NeonSat-2 to 6 are part of the South Korean government's Earth observation micro-satellite constellation NeonSat (New-space Earth Observation Satelli…


Falcon Heavy
Success
1 week, 1 day ago
NROL-97
Launch Complex 39A - Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA

Classified payload for the US National Reconnaissance Office.


Falcon 9
Success
1 week, 2 days ago
Transporter 18 (Dedicated SSO Rideshare)
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

Dedicated rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers.


Falcon 9
Success
1 week, 2 days ago
Crew-13
Space Launch Complex 40 - Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

SpaceX Crew-13 is the thirteenth crewed operational flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of NASA's Commercia…


Starship
Success
1 week, 5 days ago
Starlink Group 31-1 (Starship Flight 14)
Orbital Launch Pad 2 - SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA

14th test flight of the two-stage Starship launch vehicle. 3rd flight of Starship V3 and the first Starship flight to deploy satellites (a group of S…


Falcon 9
Success
2 weeks ago
USSF-385
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

A classified mission for the United States Space Force. It is possibly a batch of classified LEO satellites based on SpaceX’s Starshield satellite bu…


Electron
Success
2 weeks ago
Owlright, Owlright, Owlright (StriX Launch 13)
Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1B - Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

Synthetic aperture radar satellite for Japanese Earth imaging company Synspective.


Long March 6A
Success
2 weeks, 2 days ago
Yaogan 40 Group 04
Launch Complex 9A - Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

3 Chinese reconnaissance satellites of unknown purposes, officially reported as for "Electromagnetic environment probing".