Interstellar Applications
Interstellar Applications
Rocket: Falcon Heavy Block 5
Vehicles:
B1052 (Flight 8)
Landing: Expendable
B1053 (Flight 3)
Landing: Expendable
B1068 (Flight 1)
Landing: Expendable
Launch Site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Centre, Cape Canaveral, Florida
Payloads:
Satellite: ViaSat-3 Americas
Destination: GEO
Customer: ViaSat
Mass: 6400 kg
Satellite: Aurora 4A (Arcturus)
Destination: GEO
Customer: Astranis
Mass: 300 kg
Satellite: GS-1
Destination: GEO
Customer: Gravity Space
Mass: 22 kg
Details:
First fully expendable Falcon Heavy mission. Longest turnaround to date (B1053)
5th Falcon Heavy Block 5 mission
5th success
5th consecutive success
8th launch for B1052
Turnaround: 237.97 days
3rd launch for B1053
Turnaround: 1405.79 days
1st launch for B1068
63rd SpaceX launch from LC-39A
Turnaround: 47.04 days
29th SpaceX mission of 2023
28th mission success of 2023
2nd Falcon Heavy Block 5 mission of 2023
233rd SpaceX mission
226th SpaceX success