Interstellar Applications
Interstellar Applications
Rocket: Falcon 9 Block 5
Launch Site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida
Payloads:
Satellite: Galileo FM26 & FM32
Quantity: 2
Destination: MEO
Customer: ESA
Mass: 1600 kg
Details:
After the previous Galileo mission which featured an expendable booster, SpaceX were able to make design and operational changes to recover the booster on this mission. SpaceX said this landing would "test the bounds of recovery". For this reason, SpaceX opted to use their oldest East Coast booster, B1067. The landing was successful
319th Falcon 9 Block 5 mission
318th success
21st consecutive success
22nd launch for B1067
Turnaround: 38.42 days
208th SpaceX launch from SLC-40
Turnaround: 5.58 days
94th landing
92nd landing success
21st consecutive landing success
Turnaround: 7.56 days
362nd total landing attempt
347th total landing success
0th Starship landing attempt
0th Starship landing success
93rd SpaceX mission of 2024
92nd mission success of 2024
90th Falcon 9 Block 5 mission of 2024
395th SpaceX mission
386th SpaceX success