Interstellar Applications
Interstellar Applications
Rocket: Falcon 9 Block 2
Launch Site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California
Payloads:
Satellite: CASSIOPE
Destination: LEO (Polar)
Customer: Maxar Technologies
Mass: 500 kg
Details:
First flight of Falcon 9 V1.1 (Block 2). First flight of Falcon 9 with fairings. First flight of Falcon 9 with a private customer. First SpaceX flight from Vandenburg Space Force Base. First flight of the Merlin 1D engine
1st Falcon 9 Block 2 mission
1st success
1st consecutive success
1st SpaceX launch from SLC-4E
2nd SpaceX mission of 2013
2nd mission success of 2013
1st Falcon 9 Block 2 mission of 2013
11th SpaceX mission
7th SpaceX success