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 (Falcon), Kennedy Space Center, 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 Falcon Heavy Block 5 success
5th consecutive Falcon Heavy Block 5 success
6th Falcon Heavy mission
6th Falcon Heavy success
6th consecutive Falcon Heavy success
232nd Falcon family mission
226th Falcon family success
198th consecutive Falcon family success
8th launch for B1052
Turnaround: 237.97 days
3rd launch for B1053
Turnaround: 1405.79 days
1st launch for B1068
64th SpaceX launch from LC-39A (Falcon)
Turnaround: 47.04 days
29th SpaceX mission of 2023
28th SpaceX mission success of 2023
2nd Falcon Heavy mission of 2023
28th Falcon family mission of 2023
233rd SpaceX mission
226th SpaceX mission success
3rd consecutive SpaceX mission success