Two satellites for Europe's Galileo navigation system. Originally planned for launch on Soyuz-ST and then Ariane 6 but both were unavailable.
Galileo provides Europe with an alternative to the American GPS and Russian GLONASS constellations, but will be interoperable with both systems.
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Crew-9
Wed 25, Sep 2024 01:28:PM
Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
Mission Details
SpaceX Crew-9 is the ninth crewed operational flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program.
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Vulcan VC2S | Certification Flight 2
Sun 29, Sep 2024 07:00:PM
Space Launch Complex 41
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
Mission Details
Replacement Vulcan test launch with inert payload, experiments, and demonstrations for certification with the USSF after delays caused by payload testing of the Sierra Space Dreamchaser CRS SNC-1 mission, the original planned payload.
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | 4x Astranis MicroGEO
Sun 29, Sep 2024 07:00:PM
Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
Mission Details
Four Astranis MicroGEO communications satellite inserted in a custom geostationary orbit, from where they conduct on-orbit maneuvers to reach their individual slots.
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Hera
Mon 07, Oct 2024 09:52:AM
Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
Mission Details
Hera is a space mission in development at the European Space Agency in its Space Safety program. Its primary objective is to study the Didymos binary asteroid system that was impacted by DART and contribute to validation of the kinetic impact method to deviate a near-Earth asteroid in a colliding trajectory with Earth. It will measure the size and the morphology of the crater created by and momentum transferred by an artificial projectile impacting an asteroid, which will allow measuring the efficiency of the deflection produced by the impact. It will also analyze the expanding debris cloud caused by the impact.
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Falcon 9 Block 5
Family
Falcon
Length
70
Diameter
3.65
Launch Mass
549
Low Earth Orbit Capacity
22800
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.
SpaceX | USA
Launchers
Falcon | Starship
Spacecraft
Dragon
Total Launches
403
Successful Launches
12
Upcoming Launches
115
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.